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English verb: swell up | |||
| 1. | swell up (change) expand abnormally | ||
| Samples | The bellies of the starving children are swelling. | ||
| Examples | Did his feet swell up? | ||
| Synonyms | intumesce, swell, tumefy, tumesce | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | expand | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | belly, belly out, blister, bloat, blow up, distend, puff, puff out, puff up, vesicate | ||
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