Noun

• (2)S: (n) swelling#1 (swelling%1:26:00::), puffiness#1 (puffiness%1:26:00::), lump#2 (lump%1:26:01::) (an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement)
• S: (n) bulge#1 (bulge%1:25:00::), bump#2 (bump%1:25:00::), hump#1 (hump%1:25:00::), swelling#2 (swelling%1:25:00::), gibbosity#1 (gibbosity%1:25:00::), gibbousness#1 (gibbousness%1:25:00::), jut#1 (jut%1:25:00::), prominence#3 (prominence%1:25:00::), protuberance#1 (protuberance%1:25:00::), protrusion#1 (protrusion%1:25:00::), extrusion#1 (extrusion%1:25:00::), excrescence#1 (excrescence%1:25:00::) (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings) "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
• S: (n) intumescence#2 (intumescence%1:22:00::), intumescency#2 (intumescency%1:22:00::), swelling#3 (swelling%1:22:00::) (the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water))

Verb

• (5)S: (v) swell#1 (swell%2:30:02::) (increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity) "The music swelled to a crescendo"
• (4)S: (v) swell#2 (swell%2:41:00::), puff up#3 (puff_up%2:41:00::) (become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger) "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
• (4)S: (v) swell#3 (swell%2:30:00::), swell up#1 (swell_up%2:30:00::), intumesce#2 (intumesce%2:30:00::), tumefy#2 (tumefy%2:30:00::), tumesce#1 (tumesce%2:30:00::) (expand abnormally) "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
• (1)S: (v) well up#1 (well_up%2:42:00::), swell#4 (swell%2:42:03::) (come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)) "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
• (1)S: (v) well#1 (well%2:38:00::), swell#5 (swell%2:38:07::) (come up, as of a liquid) "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"
• S: (v) swell#6 (swell%2:30:01::) (cause to become swollen) "The water swells the wood"