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Swelling
/ˈswɛl.ɪŋ/
To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
📖 Definitions of "Swelling"
verb
- 1
To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- 2
To cause to become bigger.
"Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring."
- 3
To grow gradually in force or loudness.
"The organ music swelled."
- 4
To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
"to be swelled with pride or haughtiness"
noun
- 1
The state of being swollen.
- 2
Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
- 3
A rising, as of passion or anger.
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