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