Definition of swell

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Swell (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note..

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Wavy :: Wavy (a.) Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves.
Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.
Billowy :: Billowy (a.) Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors..
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Dilate :: Dilate (v. t.) To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat..
Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..
Strout :: Strout (v. i.) To swell; to puff out; to project.
Tumefaction :: Tumefaction (n.) The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling..
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.
Boiling :: Boiling (a.) Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion..
Sea-gait :: Sea-gait (n.) A long, rolling swell of the sea..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force..
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.
Kohl-rabi :: Kohl-rabi (n.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground..
Swelldom :: Swell (a.) Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood..
Nodosity :: Nodosity (n.) The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness.
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass..
Swellfish :: Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively..
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