Definition of swell

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Swell (n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.

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Swoln :: Swollen (a.) Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams..
Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells..
Embillow :: Embillow (v. i.) To swell or heave like a ///// of the sea.
Jug :: "Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side..
Swale :: Swal (imp.) Swelled.
Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer..
Protuberant :: Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye..
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness..
Swellfish :: Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively..
Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride..
Shagreen :: Shagreen (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used f
Lampas :: Lampas (n.) An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers.
Intumescent :: Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.
Spinaceous :: Spina bifida () A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
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