1. (

• swelling ,
• puffiness ,
• lump ,

) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement ;

2. (

• bulge ,
• bump ,
• hump ,
• swelling ,
• gibbosity ,
• gibbousness ,
• jut ,
• prominence ,
• protuberance ,
• protrusion ,
• extrusion ,
• excrescence

) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "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" ;

3. (

• intumescence ,
• intumescency ,
• swelling

) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) ;

1. (

• swell ,

) increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo" ;

2. (

• swell ,
• puff_up

) become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son" ;

3. (

• swell ,
• swell_up ,
• intumesce ,
• tumefy ,
• tumesce

) expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" ;

4. (

• well_up ,
• swell ,

) come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" ;

5. (

• well ,
• swell ,

) come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up" ;

6. (

• swell ,

) cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood" ;

1. (

• bang-up ,
• bully ,
• corking ,
• cracking ,
• dandy ,
• great ,
• groovy ,
• keen ,
• neat ,
• nifty ,
• not_bad ,
• peachy ,
• slap-up ,
• swell ,
• smashing ,
• old

) very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"; "we had a grand old time" ;