Definitions for swollen

Overview of verb swell

The verb swell has 6 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)

1. (5) swell

(increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo")

2. (4) swell, puff up

(become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son")

3. (4) swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

(expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling")

4. (1) well up, swell

(come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it")

5. (1) well, swell

(come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up")

6. swell

(cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood")

Overview of adj swollen

The adj swollen has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain

(characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes")