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swell up
verb
expand abnormally
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The bellies of the starving children are swelling

• Syn: ↑swell, ↑intumesce, ↑tumefy, ↑tumesce
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tumescent (for: ↑tumesce), ↑tumefaction (for: ↑tumefy), ↑intumescency (for: ↑intumesce), ↑intumescence (for: ↑intumesce), ↑swelling (for: ↑swell)
• Hypernyms: ↑expand
• Hyponyms:
↑distend, ↑belly, ↑belly out, ↑puff, ↑puff up, ↑blow up, ↑puff out, ↑bloat, ↑blister, ↑vesicate
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Did his feet swell up?

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ˌswell ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they swell up he/she/it swells up present participle swelling up past tense swelled up past participle swollen up] phrasal verb
Same as: swell 1 1

Her injured face was swelling up.

Main entry: swell

Useful english dictionary. 2012.