Swelling
nnoun.statean abnormal protuberance or localized enlargementSynset:lump puffiness
Derivationally Related Form:puffyswell
Hypernyms:enlargement symptom
Inherited Hypernyms:swellingenlargementstateattributeabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:swellingsymptomevidenceinformationcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bloatbuniondropsyedemahaematocelehaematocoelehematocelehematocoelehydropsintumescenceintumescencyiridoncuslymphogranulomaoedemaoscheoceleoscheocoelespermatoceletumiditytumidness
Full Hyponyms:anasarcaangioedemabloatbunioncerebral edemachemosiscystoid macular edemaedemahematocelehematomaintumescenceiridoncuslymphedemalymphogranulomaoscheocelepapilledemascleredemaspermatoceletumescencetumidity
nnoun.shapesomething that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundingsSynset:bulge bump excrescence extrusion gibbosity gibbousness hump jut prominence protrusion protuberance
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:gibbousbulgeprotuberateexcrescentprotrudeprotuberantbulgyhump
Hypernyms:projection
Inherited Hypernyms:bulgeprojectionconvex shapesolidshapeattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bellycaputfrontal eminencemogulnubnubbleoccipital protuberancesnagwart
Full Hyponyms:bellycaputfrontal eminencemogulnuboccipital protuberancesnagwart
nnoun.processthe increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)Synset:intumescence intumescency
Hypernyms:chemical action chemical change chemical process
Inherited Hypernyms:intumescencechemical processnatural processprocessphysical entityentity
vverb.changeincrease in size, magnitude, number, or intensityExamples:- The music swelled to a crescendo
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:swellincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.socialbecome filled with pride, arrogance, or angerSynset:puff up swell
Examples:- The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son
Hypernyms:act behave do
Inherited Hypernyms:swellact
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changeexpand abnormallySynset:intumesce swell swell up tumefy tumesce
Examples:- The bellies of the starving children are swelling
Derivationally Related Form:swellingtumescentintumescencyintumescencetumefaction
Hypernyms:expand
Inherited Hypernyms:swellexpandgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:bellybelly outblisterbloatblow updistendpuffpuff outpuff upvesicate
Full Troponyms:bellyblisterbloatdistendpuff
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Did his feet ---? (apply to: swell up, swell)
vverb.stativecome up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)Synset:swell well up
Examples:- Strong emotions welled up
- Smoke swelled from it
Hypernyms:arise develop grow originate rise spring up uprise
Inherited Hypernyms:well uporiginatebecome
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.motioncome up, as of a liquidSynset:swell well
Examples:- Tears well in her eyes
- the currents well up
Hypernyms:come up rise rise up surface
Inherited Hypernyms:wellsurfaceascendtravel
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP
vverb.changecause to become swollenExamples:- The water swells the wood
Hypernyms:grow
Inherited Hypernyms:swellgrowdevelopchange
Direct Hyponyms:bloatbulgebulktumefy
Causes:intumesce swell up swell tumefy tumesce
Full Troponyms:bloatbulgedistendtumefy
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something