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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Boswellian :: Boswellian (a.) Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy..
Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.
Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Styan :: Sty (v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
Boswellism :: Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.
Plumper :: Plumper (n.) One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks..
Size :: Size (v. t.) To swell; to increase the bulk of.
Knob :: Knob (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone..
Turgesce :: Turgesce (v. i.) To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..
Swelt :: Swelt () imp. of Swell.
Strout :: Strout (v. i.) To swell; to puff out; to project.
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Spavin :: Spavin (n.) A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed..
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up..
Inturgescence :: Inturgescence (n.) A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled..
Bias :: Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
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