Word Finder - swell

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To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

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To cause to become bigger.

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Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring.

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To grow gradually in force or loudness.

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The organ music swelled.

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To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.

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to be swelled with pride or haughtiness

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To be raised to arrogance.

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To be elated; to rise arrogantly.

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To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.

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swelling words  a swelling style

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To protuberate; to bulge out.

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A cask swells in the middle.

Don't let your head swell up that way.

He seemed to swell with satisfaction.

As her shoulder began to swell, the pain was nauseating.

She felt his magic swell around him, the fire in his gaze sizzling through her blood.

Just like adults, children's feet will swell slightly during the day.

Her forearm was starting to swell, as if he'd broken or sprained it.

Now we have a swell winter outfit--coats, hats, gowns, flannels and all.

The most severe form causes weakness of the major blood vessels, which may swell (the swelling is called an aneurysm ).

There was a bigger swell and shore break, but the water was smooth - almost glassy - good conditions for a swim.

In the 1920s Chinese arrive to swell the ranks of outsiders working on the Fiji Islands.

The lavender striped knit top exposed soft shoulders and the beginning swell of generous breasts as modestly as it did her smooth flat midriff.

The tissues usually swell and become discolored, looking like a bruise.

A luminous idea of the nature of these two classes of variation may be gained by conceiving of the, motion of a ship, floating on an ocean affected by a long ground swell.

The city council had trebled the number of taxis on the streets to swell the city coffers with license money.

Ireland does little to swell the rising tide of Decrease per cent.

The 35-year old says he would prefer to have a big turn-out at Molineux for his big day rather than swell his own coffers.

Even light sticking spurs this cymbal to swell with a deep bass rumble and many, many decibels.

The swell was about 6 8 feet but with a bit of nimble footwork all made it back on-board if somewhat wet!

He eyed her suspiciously, his gaze lingering on the swell of her breasts above the dress bodice.

If they cause the macula to swell (known as macular edema ), they can make vision blurred.

I have a gran and granddad and I think they're really swell.

Offshore, there was a decent swell running, and the buoys became all but invisible to us in boats.

A deserted stone jetty swung out into a small bay with several offshore rocks over which a heavy swell pounded.

This difference in extrudate swell magnitude was also observed in results obtained using the laser scanning micrometer.

As time went by the knee became quite painful on exercise and started to swell a little.

The boat and its crew made steady progress, against a heavy swell, toward the stricken vessel in the Bristol Channel.

The Swell, in a large box behind the great soundboard, is beautiful, particular in its quieter moments.

Beri beri had caused their legs to swell more than twice their normal size and all looked very emaciated.

Much of the original pipework on the Swell has now been replaced on the main soundboard, where it was originally placed by Keates.

The boat was quite small and, in the moderate swell, viewing conditions were often extremely difficult.

Seen from High Pike itself it's just a gentle swell in the moorland a mile or so to the southwest.

Garen kept as low in the water as he could, letting the slight swell move him up and down.

In both cases the devitalised tissues absorb water and swell markedly.

In a medium sized bowl dissolve yeast and sugar in the warm water, and let stand until yeast starts to swell.

The lake is subject to occasional storms, especially from the south-south-east and south-west, which leave a heavy swell and impede navigation.

The measurement of extrudate swell of polymer melts using capillary extrusion rheometers is specified by the standard ISO 11443 [6 ].

The Swell, in a large box behind the Great soundboard, is beautiful, particular in its quieter moments.

It causes the muscles in these tubes to contract, the tubes themselves to swell and also causes sticky mucus to be produced.

Nice to know that it helps to swell the vast coffers of the richest billionaires in the land.

Seen from High Pike itself it 's just a gentle swell in the moorland a mile or so to the southwest.

His swell mixtures often had a tierce rank in the tenor octave but this was a hangover of the 18th Century English organ.

The surf is looking promising with the current westerly swell being replaced by another over the weekend.

This is due in no small part to the swell of interest among doo wop collectors in the past 10-15 years.

Whereas, clay-based cat litter can swell up to 15 times its original size via water absorption, exacerbating landfill space.

This form of FIP most often progressives very rapidly and the cat"s belly will swell due to the accumulation of fluids.

Because of this, many researchers theorize that migraines are caused by an overabundance of naturally occurring brain substances that that cause blood vessels to swell and press on nerves in the head.

Based on the product literature, "lips swell for hours," and at $50 a pop - you sure hope they do!

The lip plumping formula contains ingredients like camphor that make your lips swell.

Swell has a Billabong jacket that is a very different style, looking much more like a hoodie.

After flowering, however, the tiny petals thicken and swell into a juicy fruit-like envelope surrounding the seeds, and handsome when brilliantly colored, as in the finer kinds.