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.
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.
To rise or be driven into waves or billows;
to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into
waves.
To be puffed up or bloated; as, to
swell with pride.
To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails
swell.
To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant;
as, swelling words; a swelling style.
To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask
swells in the middle.
To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
To grow upon the view; to become larger; to
expand.
To become larger in amount; as, many
little debts added, swell to a great amount.
To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or
arrogant manner; to strut; to look big.
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