To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added,
swell to a great amount.

To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to
strut; to look big.

To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling
words; a swelling style.

To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.

To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the
middle.

To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.

To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as,
in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.

To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface
or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed
substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a
bladder swells by inflation.

To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.

To be elated; to rise arrogantly.