Swelling
['swelɪŋ] or ['swɛlɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swell
(n.) The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.
(n.) A protuberance; a prominence
(n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Bombastic, pompous, turgid, inflated, tumid, stilted, grandiloquent, pretentious, SPREAD-EAGLE, HIGHFALUTIN, sophomorical, high-flowing, high-sounding.
n. [1]. Swell.[2]. Protuberance, bump.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you see yourself swollen, denotes that you will amass fortune, but your egotism will interfere with your enjoyment. To see others swollen, foretells that advancement will meet with envious obstructions. Swimming. To dream of swimming, is an augury of success if you find no discomfort in the act. If you feel yourself going down, much dissatisfaction will present itself to you. For a young woman to dream that she is swimming with a girl friend who is an artist in swimming, foretells that she will be loved for her charming disposition, and her little love affairs will be condoned by her friends. To swim under water, foretells struggles and anxieties. See Diving and Bathing.
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Examples
- Adrian sat at the helm; I attended to the rigging, the breeze right aft filled our swelling canvas, and we ran before it over the untroubled deep. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It'll keep the swelling down. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Miss Wade,' said the girl, with her bosom swelling high, and speaking with her hand held to her throat, 'take me away! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That makes the swelling and that's what weakens you and makes you start to pass. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It must be the swelling. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He had been wanting to do that all day and now he did it, he could feel his throat swelling. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Hundreds, says Sir Leicester, eyeing the cousins with increasing dignity and swelling indignation, hundreds of thousands of pounds! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There is no swelling yet--it is inward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In every single instance the guide has crushed out my swelling enthusiasm with the remark: It is nothing--it is of the Renaissance. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Has a girl of fourteen a heart large enough, vigorous enough, to hold the swelling spring of pure, full, fervid eloquence? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Elizabeth made no answer, and walked on, her heart swelling with indignation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He patted a swelling portfolio that lay on the table at his elbow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I see no reason for using anything but common lumber for this purpose, as upon swelling it will close up tight enough to keep out the air. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The pain had started suddenly with the swelling after he had moved and he said, Maybe I'll just do it now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Why, sir,--Why, sir, swelling with rage, why--sir--d--- his impudence! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- This is because the roots of these plants often have on them tiny swellings, or tubercles, in which millions of certain bacteria live and multiply. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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