Found 3 items, similar to swelling.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: swelling
abuh, gembungan, pembengkakan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: swelling
swelling
adj : becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of
other fluids;
“put ice on the swelling ankle”
n 1: abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [syn:
puffiness,
lump]
2: the swelling of certain substances when they are heated
(often accompanied by release of water) [syn:
intumescence,
intumescency]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Swelling
Swell
\Swell\, v. i. [imp.
Swelled; p. p.
Swelled or
Swollen; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swelling.] [AS. swellan; akin to
D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella,
Sw. sv["a]lla.]
1. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface
or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of
the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a
bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
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2. To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase
in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its
banks; sounds swell or diminish.
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3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as,
in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
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4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
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You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do
at scarlet. --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
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6. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling
words; a swelling style.
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7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the
middle.
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8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
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Your equal mind yet swells not into state. --Dryden.
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9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
“Monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” --Shak.
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10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added,
swell to a great amount.
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11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to
strut; to look big.
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Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. --Shak.
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Swelling
\Swell"ing\, n.
1. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers
in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.
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Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea.
--Coleridge.
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2. A protuberance; a prominence; especially (Med.), an
unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous
swelling.
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The superficies of such plates are not even, but
have many cavities and swellings. --Sir I.
Newton.
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