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swelling(1) (iou)



swelling adjective. OE.
[from SWELL verb + -ING2.]
That swells; becoming distended or filled out; rising in intensity etc. OE.
W. Shenstone The wind propitious fill'd The swelling sails. S. Johnson Milk pressed from the swelling udder. M. Das The swelling veins on the speaker's throat glistened with sweat.
Of water: rising above the normal level, rising in waves. Chiefly poet. M16.
Of style or language: grand, magnificent, majestic; usu. derog., inflated, bombastic, turgid. L16.
Becoming greater in amount, increasing, growing; loosely great in amount, full, abundant. E17.
P. Marshall Those passing near..were being pressed..by the swelling numbers behind them.
swellingly adverb M17.