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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves. [1913 Webster] 4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride. [1913 Webster] You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do at scarlet. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell. [1913 Webster] 6. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style. [1913 Webster] 7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle. [1913 Webster] 8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly. [1913 Webster] Your equal mind yet swells not into state. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand. "Monarchs to behold the swelling scene!" --Shak. [1913 Webster] 10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount. [1913 Webster] 11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big. [1913 Webster] Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 2. A protuberance; a prominence; especially (Med.), an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling. [1913 Webster] The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and swellings. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: 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}]