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Swelling

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Definitions for Swelling

noun
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Synonyms
puffiness lump
noun
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Synonyms
bulge bump hump gibbosity gibbousness jut prominence protuberance protrusion extrusion excrescence
Examples
  1. the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
  2. the hump of a camel
  3. he stood on the rocky prominence
  4. the occipital protuberance was well developed
  5. the bony excrescence between its horns
noun
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
Synonyms
intumescence intumescency
verb
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
Synonyms
swell
Examples
  1. The music swelled to a crescendo
verb
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
Synonyms
swell puff up
Examples
  1. The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son
verb
expand abnormally
Synonyms
swell swell up intumesce tumefy tumesce
Examples
  1. The bellies of the starving children are swelling
verb
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
Synonyms
well up swell
Examples
  1. Strong emotions welled up
  2. Smoke swelled from it
verb
come up, as of a liquid
Synonyms
well swell
Examples
  1. Tears well in her eyes
  2. the currents well up
verb
cause to become swollen
Synonyms
swell
Examples
  1. The water swells the wood

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