- verb
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- ~(to sth); ~ (sth) (up) (with sth): (cause sth to) becomelarger or bulge outwards, eg because of pressure from inside [Barron]
More word meanings for swell
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- Wiktionary:
- swell @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- swell @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- swell @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- swell @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- swell @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- swell @ Answers.com
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