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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. [ n.]- A protuberance; a prominence
- an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.
2. Swelling [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Swell [ p. pr. & vb. n.]Meaning of 'swelling' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. swelling [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- 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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