swelling
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈswɛl.ɪŋ//
The state of being swollen.
noun
- 1
The state of being swollen.
Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
- 2
Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
- 3
figurativeA rising, as of passion or anger.
verb
- 1
Also a form of swellpresent participle and gerund of swell
Forms
- plural
- swellings
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