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  • 1swollen — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ become, get ▪ Her legs got swollen from standing up all day. ▪ …

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  • 2swollen — swol|len1 [ˈswəulən US ˈswou ] the past participle of ↑swell 1 swollen 2 swollen2 adj 1.) a part of your body that is swollen is bigger than usual, especially because you are ill or injured ▪ swollen glands ▪ a badly swollen ankle ▪ His eyes were …

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  • 3swollen — 1 the past participle of swell 1 2 adjective 1 a part of your body that is swollen is bigger than usual because of illness or injury: He bandaged his swollen ankle. 2 a river that is swollen has more water in it than usual 3 have a swollen… …

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  • 4ankle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, broken, injured, sprained, swollen, twisted ▪ I had a broken ankle. ▪ slender, slim …

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  • 5swol|len — «SWOH luhn», adjective, verb. –adj. swelled; enlarged; bulging: »a swollen ankle. Figurative. His swollen heart almost bursting (Dickens). Swollen mountain streams burst out of the woods like furious brown snakes, swallowing topsoil and drowning… …

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  • 6swell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 movement of the surface of the sea ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ gentle, slight ▪ 10 foot, 20 foot, etc. ▪ …

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  • 7tender — I adjective 1) a gentle, tender man Syn: caring, kind, kindly, kindhearted, softhearted, tenderhearted, compassionate, sympathetic, warm, warmhearted, solicitous, fatherly, motherly, maternal, gentle, mild, benevolent …

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  • 8tender — I adjective 1) a gentle, tender man Syn: caring, kind, kind hearted, soft hearted, compassionate, sympathetic, warm, gentle, mild, benevolent 2) a tender kiss Syn: affectionate …

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  • 9to the touch — phrase used for describing the way that something feels The fabric felt soft to the touch. Bake the cake until it is firm to the touch. Thesaurus: general words for texturesynonym Main entry: touch * * * used to describe the qualities of… …

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  • 10syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …

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