swelling (noun)
1swelling — ► NOUN ▪ an abnormal enlargement of a part of the body as a result of an accumulation of fluid …
2swelling — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ painful, severe ▪ There is severe swelling of the glands. ▪ slight VERB + SWELLING ▪ cause …
3swelling — noun 1 (C) an area of your body that has become larger than normal, because of illness or injury: a nasty swelling on my neck 2 (U) the condition of having swelled: The spider s bite can cause pain and swelling …
4swelling soil — noun Soils that contain clay minerals which absorb water and as a result swell causing bumps across terrain. The most common mineral that causes swelling soil is Smectite (montmorillonite) …
5swelling — noun use ice to reduce the swelling Syn: bump, lump, bulge, protuberance, enlargement, distension, prominence, protrusion, node, nodule, tumescence; boil, blister, bunion, carbuncle …
6swelling — noun Date: before 12th century 1. something that is swollen; specifically an abnormal bodily protuberance or localized enlargement 2. the condition of being swollen …
7swelling — noun /ˈswɛl.ɪŋ/ a) The state of being swollen. b) Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body …
8swelling — noun an abnormal enlargement of a part of the body as a result of an accumulation of fluid. ↘a natural rounded protuberance …
9swelling — noun Syn: bump, lump, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, distension …
10swelling — UK [ˈswelɪŋ] / US noun Word forms swelling : singular swelling plural swellings a) [countable] an area of your body that has increased in size as a result of an injury or an illness A large swelling had come up on my ankle. b) [uncountable] the… …
