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Swollen
Swell Swell, v. i. [imp. Swelled; p. p. Swelled or Swollen; p. pr. & vb. n. Swelling.] [AS. swellan; akin to D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella, Sw. sv["a]lla.] 1. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation. 2. To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish. 3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves. 4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride. You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do at scarlet. --Sir W. Scott. 5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell. 6. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style. 7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle. 8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly. Your equal mind yet swells not into state. --Dryden. 9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand. ``Monarchs to behold the swelling scene!' --Shak. 10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount. 11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big. Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. --Shak.
Swollen
Swollen Swoll"en, a. Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams.
Swollen
Swollen Swoll"en, p. p. of Swell.

Meaning of WOLLEN from wikipedia

- Look up wollen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wollen may refer to Malcolm Wollen (1928–2013), Indian air marshal Peter Wollen (1938–2019), English...
- Peter Wollen (29 June 1938 – 17 December 2019) was an English film theorist and filmmaker. He studied English at Christ Church, Oxford. Both political...
- Sportpalast speech Joseph Goebbels's speech in the Sportpalast in 1943. Problems playing this file? See media help. The Sportpalast speech (German: Sportpalastrede)...
- Air Marshal Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen (2 August 1928 – 23 May 2013), PVSM, VrC, was an Indian Air Force officer who served as the Commanding Officer...
- Philip Wollen OAM (born 1950) is an Australian philanthropist, environmentalist, humanist, animal rights activist, and public speaker. He is a former vice-president...
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- Audrey Wollen (born 1992, in Los Angeles, CA) is an American writer and artist. Wollen's prose and essays gained traction on social media platforms like...
- rechten Weg, TAZ, 11. Juli 2015, S. 7. Caren Miosga: Was für ein Deutschland wollen Sie, Frau Weidel? - hier anschauen (in German). Archived from the original...
- Look up woolen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Woolen (American English) or woollen (Commonwealth English) is a type of yarn made from carded wool...
- German). Retrieved 25 August 2023. "Linke: Jan van Aken und Ines Schwerdtner wollen Parteiführung übernehmen", Der Spiegel (in German), 20 August 2024, ISSN 2195-1349...