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swollen

/ˈswəʊlən/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
  2. To cause to become bigger.
  3. To grow gradually in force or loudness.
  4. To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
  5. To be raised to arrogance.
  6. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
  7. Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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