10 examples of swell
           
        
    1
    
        the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
    
    2
    
        a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.
    
    3
    
        in tempest, the ocean swells into waves
    
    4
    
        to swell with pride
    
    5
    
        the sails swell
    
    6
    
        swelling words; a swelling style.
    
    7
    
        a cask swells in the middle
    
    8
    
        many little debts added, swell to a great amount
    
    9
    
        rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population
    
    10
    
        to be swelled with pride or haughtiness