Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The state of being swollen.
- n. Something swollen, especially an abnormally swollen body part or area.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A tumor, or any morbid enlargement: as, a swelling on the hand or leg.
- n. A protuberance; a prominence.
- n. A rising or inflation, as by passion or other powerful emotion: as, the swellings of anger, grief, or pride.
- n. The state of being puffed up; arrogance; pride.
- n. An overflow; an inundation.
- Grand; pompous; inflated; bombastic: as, swelling words.
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being swollen.
- n. Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
- v. present participle of swell.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of that which swells
- n. (Med.) A protuberance; a prominence. an unnatural prominence or protuberance.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
- n. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- n. an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Examples
“If I see a swelling following a bug bite (if a swelling is anything bigger than normally), I should give my son a prescribed dose of both medicines immediately.”
“` ` These kind of injuries, you always wait until the next day and see how the swelling is and just see how he reacts from it. '”
“The reaction of tissues to irritants or injury, resulting in swelling, pain, redness or heat.”
“I've had ice on it off and on all morning and the swelling is down to half of what it was earlier.”
““The twin swelling heads of Empire and Oligarchy are driving our country into an ever-deepening corporate state, wholly incompatible with democracy and the rule of law.””
“You could add ribbing, especially if his foot swelling is not always the same.”
“He's back on sedation to rest and minimize brain swelling, his mother Barbara said, according to ESPN.”
“Burns to the lips or mouth may result in swelling of the lips and white, patchy areas inside the mouth.”
“The Tdap vaccine was developed to combat both the high rate of swelling from the diphtheria vaccine and the waning immunity to pertussis; it was introduced in 2006 and is now recommended for all adolescents and adults the next time they are getting their booster.”
“If the small swelling is not going down, I should increase the dose (she wrote the daily maximum).”
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