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Meaning of 'swelling'

Meaning of 'swelling' (Webster Dictionary)

1. Swelling   [ n.]
- The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.
- A protuberance; a prominence
- an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.
2. Swelling   [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Swell

Meaning of 'swelling' (Princeton's WordNet)

1. swelling   [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Example in sentence:
  • he stood on the rocky prominence;
  • the bony excrescence between its horns;
  • the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge;
  • the hump of a camel;
  • the occipital protuberance was well developed

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