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Swelling

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being swollen. countable, uncountable

    "Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra."

  2. 2
    the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings wordnet
  5. 5
    A rising, as of passion or anger. countable, figuratively, uncountable
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  1. 6
    an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of swell form-of, gerund, participle, present

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