swelling

Pronunciation:		'sweleeng
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) [n] abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [adj] becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids; "put ice on the swelling ankle"

	Synonyms:	injured, intumescence, intumescency, lump, puffiness

	See Also:	bloat, bunion, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, dropsy, edema, haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele, hydrops, intumescence, intumescency, iridoncus, oedema, oscheocele, oscheocoele, spermatocele, symptom, tumidity, tumidness

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Swell"ing\, n. 1. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride. Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea. --Coleridge. 2. A protuberance; a prominence; especially (Med.), an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling. The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and swellings. --Sir I. Newton.

Easton Bible Dictionary

	Definition:	of Jordan (Jer. 12:5), literally the "pride" of Jordan (as in R.V.), i.e., the luxuriant thickets of tamarisks, poplars, reeds, etc., which were the lair of lions and other beasts of prey. The reference is not to the overflowing of the river banks. (Comp. 49:19; 50:44; Zech. 11:3).