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I thought I was Superman until I experienced that life-changing anaphylactic shock. I was eating lunch and gobbled down a couple of bowls of gumbo. Then, 15 minutes later, I'm in my dorm room resting up. My eyes started itching and my throat was swelling up. I could barely breathe.
Adrian Peterson

Meaning of "swelling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SWELLING

swelling  [ˈswɛlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWELLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Swelling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SWELLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of swelling in the English dictionary

The first definition of swelling in the dictionary is the act of expansion or inflation. Other definition of swelling is the state of being or becoming swollen. Swelling is also a swollen or inflated part or area.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWELLING


bestselling
ˌbɛstˈsɛlɪŋ
celling
ˈsɛlɪŋ
compelling
kəmˈpɛlɪŋ
dwelling
ˈdwɛlɪŋ
evil-smelling
ˈiːv əlsmɛlɪŋ
fast-selling
ˈfɑːstˌsɛlɪŋ
Felling
ˈfɛlɪŋ
fortune-telling
ˈfɔːtʃuːntɛlɪŋ
foul-smelling
ˌfaʊlˈsmɛlɪŋ
mis-selling
ˌmɪsˈsɛlɪŋ
misspelling
ˌmɪsˈspɛlɪŋ
propelling
prəˈpɛlɪŋ
retelling
ˌriːˈtɛlɪŋ
selling
ˈsɛlɪŋ
shelling
ˈʃɛlɪŋ
spelling
ˈspɛlɪŋ
telling
ˈtɛlɪŋ
uncompelling
ˌʌnkəmˈpɛlɪŋ
welling
ˈwɛlɪŋ
yelling
ˈjɛlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWELLING

swelchie
swell
swell box
swell organ
swell-headed
swelldom
swelled head
swelled-headed
swellfish
swellhead
swellheadedness
swellish
swelt
swelter
sweltering
swelteringly
sweltry
swept
swept volume
sweptback

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWELLING

billing
calling
chilling
controlling
direct selling
drilling
falling
feeling
filling
fulfilling
hot-selling
installing
killing
modelling
polling
rolling
scrolling
shilling
start the ball rolling
travelling
willing

Synonyms and antonyms of swelling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SWELLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «swelling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of swelling

Translation of «swelling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWELLING

Find out the translation of swelling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of swelling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «swelling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 肿块
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hinchazón
570 millions of speakers

English

swelling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सूजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تورم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отек
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inchação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফোলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enflure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bengkak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwellung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

はれ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부어오른 것
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bengkak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sưng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सूज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şişme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gonfiore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obrzęk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

набряк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

umflarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οίδημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swelsel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svullnad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hevelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swelling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWELLING»

The term «swelling» is very widely used and occupies the 15.977 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWELLING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «swelling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «swelling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about swelling

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9 QUOTES WITH «SWELLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word swelling.
1
E. F. Benson
To most boys with growing limbs and swelling sinews, physical activity is a natural instinct, and there is no need to drive them into the football field or the fives court: they go there because they like it, and there is no need to make games compulsory for them.
2
Kat Edmonson
Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve.
3
Patrick Ewing
Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
4
Jasper Johns
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.
5
George MacDonald
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
6
Siddhartha Mukherjee
There's a phrase in Shakespeare: he refers to it as the 'hidden imposthume', and this idea of a hidden swelling is seminal to cancer. But even in more contemporary writing it's called 'the big C'.
7
Daphne Oz
After my first week of no wheat, my stomachaches were gone, my mucous cleared up, and I felt incredibly energetic. My headaches were also less frequent and less severe, and I had lost 3 pounds, most of it swelling and water weight my body had been holding onto as part of its response to the wheat products in my diet.
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Adrian Peterson
I thought I was Superman until I experienced that life-changing anaphylactic shock. I was eating lunch and gobbled down a couple of bowls of gumbo. Then, 15 minutes later, I'm in my dorm room resting up. My eyes started itching and my throat was swelling up. I could barely breathe.
9
Murray Rothbard
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.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWELLING»

Discover the use of swelling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swelling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A massive swelling: celebrity re-examined as a grotesque, ...
A columnist and cultural critic explores the meaning of fame and celebrity in modern-day society, in a provocative, witty colleciton of essays that takes on such icons as Barbra Streisand the role of the diva, Michael Jackson, Bruce Willis, ...
Cintra Wilson, 2001
2
Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability
In a rare, over-the-shoulder perspective of a leading scientist’s own breakthroughs, Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability puts emphasis on two significant paradigm shifts in colloid science that explain particle interactions for charged ...
Martin V. Smalley, 2006
3
The First Aid Companion for Dogs & Cats
Leg Swelling CALL YOUR VET: IF NEEDED MEDICINE CHEST Cold, wet washcloth Cold pack or compress Buffered aspirin (Bufferin) Hot pack or compress Towels Bucket Warm water Epsom salts Antihistamine (Ben- adryl) A cat often ...
Amy D. Shojai, 2001
4
Manual of Emergency Medicine
I. Common causes of testicular and scrotal pain or swelling Acute orchitis* Acute epididymitis* Testicular torsion* Inguinal hernia* Hydrocele* Varicocele* Spermatocele* II. Common causes of inguinal pain or swelling Inguinal hernia Inguinal ...
Jon L. Jenkins, G. Richard Braen, 2005
5
Forensic Pathology, Second Edition
Traumatic Brain Swelling and Edema Following significant head injury, whether clinically mild or severe, swelling of the brain can occur. Brain swelling may be focal, adjacent to an area of brain injury; or diffuse, involving one or both cerebral  ...
Dominick DiMaio, Vincent J.M. DiMaio, M.D., 2001
6
Clinical Atlas of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases in Small ...
Signalment/History: A seven-year-old, neutered, male DSH cat was presented with snuffling, occasional sneezing and unilateral (left) mucopurulent nasal discharge of one week's duration. A swelling was seen to be progressively deforming ...
Cheryl Hedlund, Joe Taboada, Sandra Merchant, 2002
7
Small Rho Gtpases & F-Actin Cytoskeleton During Mammalian ...
However, these electrophysiological data did not shed light on the question whether the Rho cascade is activated during cell swelling and, if so, whether this is an essential step in VRAC activation. Moreover, the operational status of the Rho ...
Iris Carton, 2003
8
Ultrasound: A Practical Approach to Clinical Problems
In the upper extremity, several mechanisms can produce swelling, a general term used to indicate the accumulation of extracellular fluids.1 Increased capillary permeability, decreased oncotic pressure, increased in- tracapillary hydrostatic ...
Edward I. Bluth, 2000
9
Neuroglia
Astrocytic. swelling. in. neuro. pathology. ALEXANDER A. MONGIN AND HAROLD K. KIMELBERG HzO FIC.URE 44.1 Molecular and cellular mechanisms of astrocyte swelling. 44. Brain edema is a dangerous and frequently life- threatening ...
Helmut Kettenmann, Bruce R. Ransom, 2005
10
Rapid Assessment: A Flowchart Guide to Evaluating Signs and ...
Gum swelling may result from one of two mechanisms: enlarged existing gum cells (hypertrophy) or an increase in their number (hyperplasia). This common sign may involve one or many papillae — the triangular bits of gum between adjacent ...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWELLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swelling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Man's entire head swelled into size of balloon after mosquito bite
Soon his entire face became so swollen that he could barely open his eyes, but the swelling still has not gone down two months later, reported the People's ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Jayson Werth still has swelling in his wrist, Anthony Rendon takes …
The problem is if the swelling gets int he joint, then it can be really stiff and if you start going at it hard, it just exacerbates the problem. We gotta calm it down first ... «Washington Post, May 15»
3
Scientists pinpoint brain-swelling mechanism
A team of UBC researchers has made a significant discovery uncovering the cause of brain swelling after trauma to the head. Their research, published today in ... «University of British Columbia, Apr 15»
4
Brain Swelling Tied to Deaths From Malaria
When children die from a severe form of malaria, swelling of the brain is often what kills them, a new study finds. This insight will not change medical practice ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
5
Alleged victim of strangling says goitre caused her neck swelling
A doctor, who examined the woman days after the alleged incident, reported soft tissue swelling of the neck. When asked by defence lawyer, Paul Edmonds, ... «The Canberra Times, Mar 15»
6
Swelling forces Luis Cruz to take Saturday off
Lefthander Luis Cruz's pitching hand was still heavily swollen a day after he jammed his hand while trying to field a grounder during pitchers' fielding practice. «Chron.com, Feb 15»
7
Home Treatment for Cancer-Related Swelling May Slash Costs
FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Home treatment for cancer-related lymphedema -- swelling due to fluid buildup -- reduces the cost of treating the ... «HealthDay, Dec 14»
8
Dr. K: Treatment for leg, ankle swelling depends on its cause
Dear Reader: In Thursday's column, I answered the first part of your question. I explained the different causes of leg and ankle swelling (edema) — some not ... «Tulsa World, Dec 14»
9
Ask Doctor K: Leg swelling has variety of causes
DEAR DOCTOR K: Why are my legs and ankles swollen? DEAR READER: Swelling of the legs from a buildup of extra fluid is known as edema. In addition to the ... «The Spokesman Review, Dec 14»
10
A Teenager With Right-Eye Swelling
A 17-year-old boy with no past medical history presented with a 1-day history of swelling in the right eye. The patient reported having headaches for the past 3 ... «Medscape, Aug 14»

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