to swell
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3.2
- verb
- /swɛl/
:
hincharse
- His brain was bleeding and swelling, pushing against the inside of his skull.
- begin to swell
- numbers swell
- population swells
And I could feel my knee starting to swell and I'm like, oh, should I walk home?
- And I could feel my knee starting to swell and I'm like, oh, should I walk home?
- Notable here is that the station wagons first swell into minivans and then into speedboats.
- When you scrape your knee, your skin turns red, it swells.
- Then I stopped growing and started swelling.
Examples
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Number one, I don't ever sleep with jewelry on because my hands swell so much.
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During the rains, water runs off the slope quickly, swelling the rivers temporarily into impassable torrents.
Academic text (1993) -
And I could feel my knee starting to swell and I'm like, oh, should I walk home?
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"On the third or fourth postpartum day, your breasts may swell slightly."
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Her low-heeled pumps hurt; her feet must have swelled a bit without shoes all evening.
Fiction book (1992) -
The refugees, most of them Arabs, swelled the population to an estimated 260,000.
Academic text (1990) -
The population of San Salvador's metropolitan area swelled from 560,000 in 1971 to over 1.2 million by 1990.
Academic text (1996) -
After the injury, my ankle began to swell significantly, making it difficult to walk.
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When I applied ice to the bruise, I noticed that the area started to swell within minutes.
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Due to the allergic reaction, her lips began to swell unexpectedly, requiring immediate medical attention.
Synonyms
44
2.9
To fill something with air so it becomes larger and round
28
3.9
Become larger and rounder because of liquid, injury, or illness
21
4.7
To increase quickly in size or amount
20
4.1
To swell or make part of the body larger
19
4.9
To become swollen because of gas or fluid
12
8.2
To swell because of pressure inside, for example a stomach or a balloon
7
2.9
To swell so that part of something sticks out
7
2.7
To swell or become larger suddenly
5
3.5
To make something larger by filling with air or pride
3
3.7
To stick out in a round shape, like a pocket or balloon
2
7.7
To become swollen as it fills with blood or other fluid
2
4.4
To make something larger or more full, for example by filling it with air
1
5.4
To stick out or swell in a visible way
1
9.2
To become much larger, often by filling with air
To grow bigger because of an injury or infection
To become swollen because fluid gathers in a part of the body
To swell and become larger when heated or when it soaks up water
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A scale that shows how high sea waves and long smooth waves are
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Swell comes from an old English verb swellan meaning 'to grow' or 'become bigger'; imagine a balloon or a finger getting larger, and you have the picture behind the word. So swell means to increase in size, amount, or intensity.