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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
swelling
n 1: an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [syn:
swelling, puffiness, lump]
2: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious
bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky
prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed";
"the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge,
bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness,
jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion,
extrusion, excrescence]
3: the increase in volume of certain substances when they are
heated (often accompanied by release of water) [syn:
intumescence, intumescency, swelling]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Swell \Swell\, v. i. [imp. Swelled; p. p. Swelled or
Swollen; p. pr. & vb. n. Swelling.] [AS. swellan; akin to
D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella,
Sw. sv[aum]lla.]
1. 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.
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2. To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase
in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its
banks; sounds swell or diminish.
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3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as,
in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
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4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
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You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do
at scarlet. --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
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6. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling
words; a swelling style.
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7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the
middle.
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8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
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Your equal mind yet swells not into state. --Dryden.
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9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
"Monarchs to behold the swelling scene!" --Shak.
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10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added,
swell to a great amount.
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11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to
strut; to look big.
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Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Swelling \Swell"ing\, n.
1. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers
in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.
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Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea.
--Coleridge.
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2. A protuberance; a prominence; especially (Med.), an
unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous
swelling.
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The superficies of such plates are not even, but
have many cavities and swellings. --Sir I.
Newton.
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4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
Swelling
of Jordan (Jer. 12:5), literally the "pride" of Jordan (as in
R.V.), i.e., the luxuriant thickets of tamarisks, poplars,
reeds, etc., which were the lair of lions and other beasts of
prey. The reference is not to the overflowing of the river
banks. (Comp. 49:19; 50:44; Zech. 11:3).
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Thesaurus Results for swelling:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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