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/ˈswɛl.ɪŋ/
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The state of being swollen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ectasia, ectasis, turgescence, bloatedness, bloating, distension, intumescence, inturgescence, nodosity, swelling, swollenness, tumescence, tumidity, turgidity, turgor
Antonyms: none provided
Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incrassation, inturgescence
Antonyms: none provided
A rising, as of passion or anger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
present participle and gerund of swell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intumescence, intumescency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: projection
Narrower terms: frontal eminence, occipital protuberance, belly, caput, mogul, nub, nubble, snag, wart
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: puffiness, lump
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symptom, enlargement
Narrower terms: spermatocele, bloat, bunion, edema, oedema, hydrops, dropsy, hematocele, haematocele, hematocoele, haematocoele, intumescence, intumescency, iridoncus, lymphogranuloma, oscheocele, oscheocoele, tumidity, tumidness
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Across languages
Translations 100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian :
այտուցվածություն
(aytucʻvacutʻyun)
— the state of being swollen
Bashkir :
шеш
(şeş)
— the state of being swollen
Bashkir :
шешеү
(şeşew)
— the state of being swollen
Bulgarian :
издуване
(izduvane)
— the state of being swollen
Catalan :
inflament
— the state of being swollen
Finnish :
ajetus
— the state of being swollen
Finnish :
turvotus
— the state of being swollen
Finnish :
pöhötys
— the state of being swollen
Finnish :
paisuminen
— the state of being swollen
French :
gonflement
— the state of being swollen
Galician :
inchazo
— the state of being swollen
Galician :
inchazón
— the state of being swollen
German :
Anschwellen
— the state of being swollen
German :
Anschwellung
— the state of being swollen
Greek :
πρήξιμο
(príximo)
— the state of being swollen
Greek :
διόγκωση
(diógkosi)
— the state of being swollen
Greek :
οίδημα
(oídima)
— the state of being swollen
Gujarati :
સોજો
(sojo)
— the state of being swollen
Hungarian :
duzzadás
— the state of being swollen
Irish :
at
— the state of being swollen
Italian :
gonfiore
— the state of being swollen
Japanese :
はれ
(hare)
— the state of being swollen
Japanese :
ふくれ
(fukure)
— the state of being swollen
Latin :
tumor
— the state of being swollen
Nǀuu :
kqoqo
— the state of being swollen
Pashto :
غومبه
(γumba)
— the state of being swollen
Pashto :
پړسوب
(parrsob)
— the state of being swollen
Polish :
opuchlizna
— the state of being swollen
Polish :
obrzęk
— the state of being swollen
Portuguese :
inchaço
— the state of being swollen
Portuguese :
inchação
— the state of being swollen
Romanian :
umflare
— the state of being swollen
Russian :
опуха́ние
(opuxánije)
— the state of being swollen
Scottish Gaelic :
atadh
— the state of being swollen
Spanish :
inflamación
— the state of being swollen
Spanish :
hinchazón
— the state of being swollen
Swedish :
svullnad
— the state of being swollen
Tagalog :
pamamaga
— the state of being swollen
Tamil :
தடிப்பு
(taṭippu)
— the state of being swollen
Tarifit :
tuffett
— the state of being swollen
Tatar :
шеш
(şeş)
— the state of being swollen
Telugu :
వాచుట
(vācuṭa)
— the state of being swollen
Urdu :
سُوجَن
(sūjan)
— the state of being swollen
Uyghur :
گادازا
(gadaza)
— the state of being swollen
Uyghur :
دوماق
(domaq)
— the state of being swollen
Uyghur :
ئۇچقۇن
(uchqun)
— the state of being swollen
Uyghur :
ئۇششۇق
(ushshuq)
— the state of being swollen
Uyghur :
ئىششىق
(ishshiq)
— the state of being swollen
Southern Altai :
тижик
(tižik)
— anything swollen
Armenian :
ուռուցք
(uṙucʻkʻ)
— anything swollen
Armenian :
այտուց
(aytucʻ)
— anything swollen
Aromanian :
umflãturã
— anything swollen
Bashkir :
шеш
(şeş)
— anything swollen
Bulgarian :
изпъкналост
(izpǎknalost)
— anything swollen
Bulgarian :
подутина
(podutina)
— anything swollen
Catalan :
inflor
— anything swollen
Catalan :
infladura
— anything swollen
Chinese Mandarin :
腫脹 /肿胀
(zhǒngzhàng)
— anything swollen
Czech :
otok
— anything swollen
Finnish :
ajettuma
— anything swollen
Finnish :
pöhö
— anything swollen
Finnish :
pöhöttymä
— anything swollen
Finnish :
turvotus
— anything swollen
Galician :
inchazo
— anything swollen
Galician :
inchazón
— anything swollen
German :
Schwellung
— anything swollen
Ancient Greek :
οἴδημα
(oídēma)
— anything swollen
Ancient Greek :
οἶδος
(oîdos)
— anything swollen
Hungarian :
duzzanat
— anything swollen
Hunsrik :
Schwellung
— anything swollen
Irish :
at
— anything swollen
Italian :
gonfiore
— anything swollen
Italian :
gnocco
— anything swollen
Japanese :
はれもの
(haremono)
— anything swollen
Khmer :
ហើម
(haəm)
— anything swollen
Latin :
tumor
— anything swollen
Latin :
tumiditās
— anything swollen
Latin :
tumentia
— anything swollen
Māori :
uruhumu
— anything swollen
Māori :
pauku
— anything swollen
Māori :
uruhua
— anything swollen
Māori :
uruumu
— anything swollen
Pashto :
غومبه
(γumba)
— anything swollen
Plautdietsch :
Schwolst
— anything swollen
Portuguese :
inchaço
— anything swollen
Romanian :
umflătură
— anything swollen
Russian :
о́пухоль
(ópuxolʹ)
— anything swollen
Russian :
припу́хлость
(pripúxlostʹ)
— anything swollen
Scottish Gaelic :
atadh
— anything swollen
Spanish :
hinchazón
— anything swollen
Swedish :
svullnad
— anything swollen
Tarifit :
tuffett
— anything swollen
Tatar :
шеш
(şeş)
— anything swollen
Telugu :
వాపు
(vāpu)
— anything swollen
Tibetan :
སྐྲང་ཀོ
(skrang ko)
— anything swollen
Tocharian B :
yweru
— anything swollen
Ottoman Turkish :
شیش
(şiş)
— anything swollen
Ottoman Turkish :
یومرو
(yumru)
— anything swollen
Urdu :
سُوجَن
(sūjan)
— anything swollen
Welsh :
chwydd
— anything swollen
