Swelling
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The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.
A protuberance; a prominence
an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.
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Swelling Quotations
When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
Woodrow Wilson
Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is growing or swelling.
Woodrow Wilson
There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?
Phyllis Diller
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
George MacDonald
As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.
Jasper Johns
It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society.
Murray Rothbard
Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
Patrick Ewing
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Swelling Translations
swelling in Dutch is pof, poef
swelling in French is foisonnement
swelling in German is anschwellend, Schwellung
swelling in Portuguese is inchamento
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