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swollen |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb swell 2 of 6 senses of swell Sense 3 swell, swell up intumesce, tumefy => distend => belly, belly out => puff, puff up blow up puff out => bloat => blister Sense 6 swell => bulge, bulk => tumefy => bloat Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb swell 2 of 6 senses of swell Sense 3 swell, swell up intumesce, tumefy => distend => belly, belly out => puff, puff up blow up puff out => bloat => blister Sense 6 swell => bulge, bulk => tumefy => bloat Entailment of verb swell Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb swell 6 senses of swell Sense 1 swell => increase Sense 2 swell, puff up => act behave, do Sense 3 swell, swell up intumesce, tumefy => expand Sense 4 well up swell => originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up grow Sense 5 well swell => surface, come up rise up rise Sense 6 swell => grow Familiarity of verb swell swell used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 6) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb swell Sense 1 swell => increase -------------- Sense 2 swell, puff up => act behave, do -------------- Sense 3 swell, swell up intumesce, tumefy => expand -------------- Sense 4 well up swell => originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up grow -------------- Sense 5 well swell => surface, come up rise up rise -------------- Sense 6 swell => grow -------------- Overview of verb swell The verb swell has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (5) swell -- (increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo") 2. (4) swell, puff up -- (become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son") 3. (4) swell, swell up intumesce, tumefy -- (expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling") 4. (1) well up swell -- (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it") 5. (1) well swell -- (come up as of liquids: "Tears well in her eyes") 6. swell -- (cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood") Overview of adj swollen The adj swollen has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (6) bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh") 2. (6) distended, swollen -- (abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is sometimes used in combination); "distended wineskins"; "the need to clean out swollen inventories"; "the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"; "huge blood-swollen mosquitoes") 3. conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain -- (characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes") 4. flooding, in flood, overflowing, swollen -- (overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks") Antonyms of adj swollen 4 senses of swollen Sense 1 bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid INDIRECT (VIA unhealthy) -> healthy Sense 2 distended, swollen INDIRECT (VIA expanded) -> contracted Sense 3 conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain INDIRECT (VIA proud) -> humble Sense 4 flooding, in flood(prenominal), overflowing, swollen INDIRECT (VIA high) -> low Similarity of adj swollen 4 senses of swollen Sense 1 bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid => unhealthy (vs. healthy) Sense 2 distended, swollen => expanded (vs. contracted) Sense 3 conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain => proud (vs. humble) Sense 4 flooding, in flood(prenominal), overflowing, swollen => high (vs. low) Attributes of adj swollen Familiarity of adj swollen swollen used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj swollen swollen swollen-headed Overview of verb swell The verb swell has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (5) swell -- (increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo") 2. (4) swell, puff up -- (become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son") 3. (4) swell, swell up intumesce, tumefy -- (expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling") 4. (1) well up swell -- (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it") 5. (1) well swell -- (come up as of liquids: "Tears well in her eyes") 6. swell -- (cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood") Overview of adj swollen The adj swollen has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (6) bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh") 2. (6) distended, swollen -- (abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is sometimes used in combination); "distended wineskins"; "the need to clean out swollen inventories"; "the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"; "huge blood-swollen mosquitoes") 3. conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain -- (characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes") 4. flooding, in flood, overflowing, swollen -- (overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks")
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