ALL meanings of swelling
swell·ing
S s - noun swelling of injury 1
- noun swelling increased amount 1
- adjective swelling increasing in size 1
- noun swelling protuberance 1
- noun swelling the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen. 1
- noun swelling inflation or distention. 1
- noun swelling a protuberant part. 1
- noun swelling a wave, especially when long and unbroken, or a series of such waves. 1
- noun swelling a gradually rising elevation of the land. 1
- noun swelling an increase in amount, degree, force, etc. 1
- noun swelling a gradual increase in loudness of sound. 1
- noun swelling Music. a gradual increase (crescendo) followed by a gradual decrease (diminuendo) in loudness or force of musical sound. the sign (< >) for indicating this. a device, as in an organ, by which the loudness of tones may be varied. 1
- noun swelling a swelling of emotion within one. 1
- noun swelling Slang. a fashionably dressed person; dandy. a socially prominent person. 1
- verb without object swelling to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth. 1
- verb without object swelling Pathology. to increase abnormally in size, as by inflation, distention, accumulation of fluids, or the like: Her ankles swelled from standing. 1
- verb without object swelling to rise in waves, as the sea. 1
- verb without object swelling to well up, as a spring or as tears. 1
- verb without object swelling to bulge out, as a sail or the middle of a cask. 1
- verb without object swelling to grow in amount, degree, force, etc. 1
- verb without object swelling to increase gradually in volume or intensity, as sound: The music swelled. 1
- verb without object swelling to arise and grow within one, as a feeling or emotion. 1
- verb without object swelling to become puffed up with pride. 1
- verb with object swelling to cause to grow in bulk. 1
- verb with object swelling to cause to increase gradually in loudness: to swell a musical tone. 1
- verb with object swelling to cause (a thing) to bulge out or be protuberant. 1
- verb with object swelling to increase in amount, degree, force, etc. 1
- verb with object swelling to affect with a strong, expansive emotion. 1
- verb with object swelling to puff up with pride. 1
- adjective swelling (of things) stylish; elegant: a swell hotel. 1
- adjective swelling (of persons) fashionably dressed or socially prominent. 1
- adjective swelling first-rate; fine: a swell party. 1
- noun swelling a swollen or inflated part or area 0
- noun swelling an abnormal enlargement of a bodily structure or part, esp as the result of injury 0
- noun swelling an increasing or being increased in size, volume, etc. 0
- noun swelling something swollen; esp., an abnormally swollen part of the body 0
- variable noun swelling A swelling is a raised, curved shape on the surface of your body which appears as a result of an injury or an illness. 0
- noun swelling the act of expansion or inflation 0
- noun swelling the state of being or becoming swollen 0