swelling
swe ling
- n an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- n something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- n the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
- v increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- v become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son - v expand abnormally
The bellies of the starving children are swelling - v come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- v come up, as of a liquid
- v cause to become swollen
- In anticipation of this flood of cash, the little desert town, main-line rail base for the construction camps, has been swelling and swelling like a toadstool.
- The condition commonly affects patients whose lymph nodes were removed during surgery, causing often debilitating swelling in the hands and arms because of lymph fluid buildup.
- The good news is that the swelling is often so minor that it isn't even noticeable, even to the men that have it.