Definition of swell

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Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.

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Wave :: Wave (v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation..
Swellfish :: Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively..
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population..
Billowy :: Billowy (a.) Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
Boln :: Boln (v. i.) To swell; to puff.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride..
Bulk :: Bulk (v. i.) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell..
Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..
Mosquito :: Mosquito (n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic..
Swelling :: Swellfish (n.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon..
Emphysematous :: Emphysematous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle..
Strout :: Strout (v. i.) To swell; to puff out; to project.
Infarce :: Infarce (v. t.) To stuff; to swell.
Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Suricat :: Surgy (a.) Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like..
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