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n.
an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.
n.
People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.
v. t.
To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.
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.
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.
v. i.
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.
n.
A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.
v. i.
To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.
n.
A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.
v. i.
To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.
v. i.
To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
p. p.
of Swell
v. i.
To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
n.
The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.
v. i.
To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
v. i.
To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
n.
The act of swelling.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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a.
Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.
n.
A swellfish.
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