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Swelling

Definition: Swelling

Swelling

Adjective

1. Becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids; "put ice on the swelling ankle".

Noun

1. Abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement.

2. The swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "swelling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Specialty Definition: Swelling

DomainDefinition

Bible

Swelling of Jordan (Jer. 12:5), literally the "pride" of Jordan (as in R.V.), i.e., the luxuriant thickets of tamarisks, poplars, reeds, etc., which were the lair of lions and other beasts of prey. The reference is not to the overflowing of the river banks. (Comp. 49:19; 50:44; Zech. 11:3). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Dream Interpretation

To dream that you see yourself swollen, denotes that you will amass fortune, but your egotism will interfere with your enjoyment.
To see others swollen, foretells that advancement will meet with envious obstructions. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Industry

Overall increase in size. Source: European Union. (references)

Medicine

An enlargement, elevation or protuberance, usually associated with a disease process. Source: European Union. (references)

Nuclear Energy & Physics

Changes in the density and volume of materials due to neutron irradiation. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Swelling

Synonyms: intumescence (n), intumescency (n), lump (n), puffiness (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Swelling

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Convexity

Convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am. swell.

Excitation

Exciting, absorbing, riveting, distracting; Verb: impressive, warm, glowing, fervid, swelling, imposing, spirit-stirring, thrilling; high-wrought; soul-stirring, soul-subduing; heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling; agonizing; (painful); telling, sensational, hysterical; overpowering, overwhelming; more than flesh and blood can bear; yellow.

Expansion

Noun: expansion; increase; of size; enlargement, extension, augmentation; amplification, ampliation; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence, turgidness, turgidity; dispansion; obesity; (size); hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus; dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness; inflation; pandiculation.

Feeling

Phrase: the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking; the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy).

Impressive, deep, profound, indelible; deep felt, home felt, heartfelt; swelling, soul-stirring, deep-mouthed, heart-expanding, electric, thrilling, rapturous, ecstatic.

Ornament

Adjective: ornament; Verb: beautified; ornate, florid, rich, flowery; euphuistic, euphemistic; sonorous; high-sounding, big-sounding; inflated, swelling, tumid; turgid, turgescent; pedantic, pompous, stilted; orotund; high flown, high flowing; sententious, rhetorical, declamatory; grandiose; grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent; sesquipedal, sesquipedalian; Johnsonian, mouthy; bombastic; fustian; frothy, flashy, flaming.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Swelling

English words defined with "swelling": White swelling. (references)
Specialty definitions using "swelling": active layer, aeroemphysema, Alpleich, Ancylostomiasis, Anterior Compartment Syndrome, ANTIRHEUMATIC, avian infectious coryzabeat knee, bulbous bowclergyman's bursitis, Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagicdeck ankle, dustman's bursa, dustman's shoulderEosinophilic Gastroenteritisfowl coryzaGingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative, GojamHaemophilus paragallinarum infection, Herpes Zoster OphthalmicusIgA nephropathy, impreg, impregnated wood, infectious coryza, infectious coryza of chickens, infectious coryza of fowljet tummyLemster Ore, Limb Bud, lymphadenopathyMansonelliasis, Mikulicz' Disease, Myocardial Reperfusion InjuryNecrobiotic Disorders, NSAIDs, nun's bursitis, nun's kneeoncotic, Optic Neuritisparson's knee, plant gallSCOPARIA DULCIS, Seymour Cray, Skin Diseases, Vascular, steroid therapy, steroids, sublageniform, swelling number, swelling pressurewarble tumor, WHITE SWELLING, Wyoming bentonite. (references)
Etymologies containing "swelling": Tuberculum. (references)

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Modern Usage: Swelling

DomainUsage

Screenplays

He'll be a lot quieter when that swelling goes down. (Charro!; writing credit: Frederick Louis Fox; Charles Marquis Warren)

Keep icing your front bum. Swelling continues if you don't ice! (Get Over It; writing credit: R. Lee Fleming Jr.)

Lyrics

Speak to me, don't mislead me, the calm I feel means a storm is swelling; (Trouble Me; performing artist: 10,000 Maniacs)

The walls run high, to veil a swelling tear (Talk To Me; performing artist: Stevie Nicks; writing credit: C. Sandford)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Swelling

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Corn Flakes and Other Prepared Foods Obtained by the Swelling or Roasting of Cereals or Cereal Products: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Eb-sGoldie & the rhino : the incredible, shrinking, swelling, golden magical elephant (reference)

  • Mechanics of swelling : from clays to living cells and tissues (reference)

  • Physical aspects of swelling clay soils; papers and summarized discussions of a symposium held February 1972 (reference)

  • Shales and swelling soils (reference)

  • Swelling soils : 4 reports prepared for the 54th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Swelling

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Swelling

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After the incubation period of 2-6 days, symptoms of the plague appear including severe malaise, headache, shaking chills, fever, and pain and swelling, or adenopathy, in the affected regional lymph nodes, also known as buboes. Credit: CDC.

Buboes are due to the swelling of lymph nodes after they've absorbed infective material as seen here in a case of plague. Credit: CDC.

Clinical appearance of eyes in trichinosis. Patient had periorbital swelling, muscle pain, diarrhea, and 28% eosinophils. Credit: CDC.

Actinomyces sp. normally found in the oral cavity is an opportunistic pathogen usually seen only in immunosuppressed patients. Lesions involve long standing swelling, suppuration and the formation of an abscess or granuloma. Credit: CDC.

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swelling the ranks of the armed forces, women must step into many new occupations in both urban and rural life. These women harvest hands in Rochelle, Illinois, are helping the national welfar. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Swelling

AuthorQuotation

G. Macdonald

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Swelling

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Such words have the mysterious and wonderful property of swelling the bill in the morning.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Then the first tendrils of the grapes swelling from the old gnarled vines, cascade down to cover the trunks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Swelling

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Ice packs to help reduce swelling. (references)

New or unusual lumps, bumps, or swelling. (references)

You can keep the swelling from getting worse. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

Soybean demand will continue to grow due to the swelling demand for protein meals utilized by the poultry and livestock industries. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Swelling

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969This kind of society will not flower spontaneously from swelling riches and surging power.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Swelling

"Swelling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 58.42% of the time. "Swelling" is used about 291 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)58.42%17023,898
Noun (singular)30.24%8835,154
Adjective (general or positive)9.97%2964,444
Noun (proper)1.37%4175,879
                    Total100.00%291N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Swelling

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "swelling".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
ZiyaN/AArabic

Swelling

TappuahN/ABiblical

Swelling

ZiaN/ABiblical

Swelling

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Swelling

Expressions using "swelling": hunger swelling irradiation swelling Mitochondrial Swelling Swelling (fluid in tissues) swelling deficit Swelling under skin and between muscles the river is swelling white swelling. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "swelling": dial-a-swelling, heart-swelling, High-swelling, non-swelling, tongue-swelling.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Swelling

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

swelling

241

tongue swelling

23

foot swelling

183

swelling hands and foot

21

ankle swelling

169

joint swelling

21

leg swelling

138

face swelling

21

pregnancy swelling

65

neck swelling

20

brain swelling

56

hand swelling

20

knee swelling

51

cause of foot swelling

19

facial swelling

45

swelling in pregnancy

19

swelling hands

39

eyelid swelling

19

swelling during pregnancy

38

finger swelling

18

vaginal swelling

36

swelling tiffany

18

abdominal swelling

33

swelling throat

17

reduce swelling

33

breast swelling

17

lip swelling

32

swelling in foot

16

eye swelling

31

bite mosquito swelling

16

swelling of ankle and foot

31

sunburn swelling

15

lymph node swelling

31

swelling in ankle

15

swelling in leg

25

body swelling

14

stomach swelling

24

cause of ankle swelling

14

leg and foot swelling

23

testicle swelling

12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Swelling

Language Translations for "swelling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zmadhim (aggrandizement, amplification, augment, enhancement, enlargement, exaggeration, increase, magnification, overstatement, power, rise), xhungë (boss, bulge, bump, excrescence, gall, gallnut, glandule, hump, hunch, knob, knur, knurr, lump, node, nub, overgrowth, protuberance, tuber, tubercle), vend i ënjtur, përmbytje (antediluvian, cataclysm, deluge, flood, flooding, flowing, inundation, overflow, spate, submergence), lungë (abscess, boil, carbuncle, warble), lartësi (altitude, altitudes, elevation, eminence, headway, height, highness, Hill, inches, level, loftiness, pitch, rise, stature, superiority, swell), gungë (boss, bump, gibbosity, hummock, hump, hunch, knob, knot, knur, knurl, knurr, node, nub, overgrowth, promontory, protuberance, swell, tuber, tubercle, tumefaction), e ngritur (lift, offset, protuberance, rib, uprise), dallgëzim (swell, undulation), bregore (hillock, hummock), ënjtje (edema, intumescence, tumefaction, tumescence). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مفعم بالغرور (vainglorious), ‏منتفخ (baggy, bloat, bloated, blown, bulging, bulgy, distended, full, inflated, overblown, puffed, puffy, swollen), ‏محني (bent), ‏متكبر (arrogant, conceited, haughty, insolent, lofty, lordly, proud, snooty, supercilious, swank, upstage), ‏متورم (inflated, puffed up, swollen, tumescent, turgid), ‏متسم بالأبهة (pompous), ‏متزايد (growing, increasing, mounting, rising), ‏متعجرف (arrogant, cavalier, conceited, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, overproud, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, puffed up, puffy, stuffy, supercilious), ‏ورم (bulge, bump, growth, lump, neoplasm, node, swell, tumefaction, tumid, tumor, tumour), ‏تورم (become swollen, swell, tumefaction, tumefy, tumescence), ‏ضخامة (bigness, enormity, exuberance, generosity, greatness, immenseness, immensity, largeness, massiveness, monstrosity, size, vastness), ‏إنتفاخ (bulge, distention, puffiness, swell, tumescence), ‏رنان (metallic, orotund, pompous, pretentious, puffy, resonant, ringing, sonorous, sounding, vibrant). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

увеличение (accession, accretion, amplification, blowup, enlargement, expansion, gain, increase, increment, magnification, progress, rising), разширение (amplification, bulb, continuation, distention, expanse, expansion, extension), тумор (gibbosity, neoplasm, tuber, tubercle, tumor, tumour), възвишение (eminence, height, prominence, rise, rising, swell, tor, upland), оток (intumescence, oedema, protuberance, tumefaction, tumor, tumour), отичане (intumescence, tumefaction), надут (bombastic, conceited, consequential, coxcombical, declamatory, florid, grandiloquent, haughty, high-blown, highfaluting, important, inflated, magniloquent, mandarin, mouthy, orotund, overblown, pompous, portentous, prancing, puffy, sidy, solemn, sounding, stilted, swollen, theatrical, tumid, uppish, uppity), могила (hillock, hump, mound), подутина (bump, gibbosity, lump, promontory, protuberance, swell, tumefaction), подуване (intumescence, tumefaction, tumescence), изпъкналост (bulge, burr, camber, convexity, jut, knap, knob, lobe, projection, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, salience, umbo), изпъкнал (bossy, bulging, bunchy, convex, eminent, goggle, outstanding, projecting, projective, prominent, protruding, protrusive, protuberant, salient), издутина (bulge, protuberance, salience), издут (bagged, bladdery, bulging, convex, full, gibbous, gorged, prominent, protrusive, protuberant, tumid), издаден (bold, outstanding, pendent, prognathous, projecting, projective, prominent, protrusive, protuberant, salient, swollen). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

膨胀 (Dilatation, Dilate, Dilated, Dilating, Distension, inflate, inflated, Inflating, swell). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vyvýšenina (elevation, hump), otok (Edema, intumescence, tumefaction), opuchlina. (various references)

   

Danish

  

swelling (dilatation, dilation, to swell), svulmen (tumefaction), udvidelse (expansion), tumefaktion (tumefaction), opsvulmning (irradiation swelling), opsvulmen (swell, tumefaction), kvældning, haevning (increase in volume), hævelse (intumescence, tumefaction), bule (boil, bruise, bulge, bump, deformation, dent, dimple). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

pof (puff), poef (puff). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

pufo (puff). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

turpoaminen, paisuminen (blowing, cheese blowing, dilatation, dilation, to swell). (various references)

   

French

  

tuméfaction, gonflement (swell), foisonnement (swell). (various references)

   

German

  

Schwellung (bulge, tumescence, tumidity), quellen (founts, issue, ooze, pour, sources, spring, springs, stream, swell, well, wellsprings), anschwellung (bulge, bulge in the wall, tumefaction), anschwellend. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρήξιμο (protuberance, protuberancy, tumescence, tumor, tumour). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תפיחות (puffiness, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity), תפיח" (lump, protuberance, swell, tumefaction), תפח, "ת פחות (boasting, distention, inflating, puffing up, swell), 'אות (boom, boon, flood tide, flow, flux, glory, high tide, majesty, pride, swell, tide), בטבוט (tumescence), צבות, פיחות (tumefaction, tumidity). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

duzzanat (bulge, excrescence, tumescence, tympany), duzzadó. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pembengkakan (expansion), gembungan, abuh (swollen). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tumefazione (tumefaction), rigonfiamento (buckle, bulge, heave, swell). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

膨張 (expansion, growth, increase), 膨大 (bulky, enormous, expansion, extensive, huge). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぼう い (bulky, enormous, expansion, extensive, huge, subtitle), はれもの (tumor), よい" (lingering memory, reverberation, trailing note), もりもり (gusto, someone full of zest), むくみ (edema), "り (foxes and badgers, hardening, purification, sly fellow, stiffness), "ぶ (bump, devil's apron, encouragement, inspiration, kelp, lump, protuberance, sea tang), はれ (boil, clear weather), ふくらみ (bulge, puff), た""ぶ (bump, lump, protuberance), ぼうちょう (attendance, auditing, counterespionage, counterintelligence, expansion, growth, hearing, increase, listening, protection against the tide), しゅ い (motif, subject, the opening phrase of a letter or notice, theme), しゅちょう (advocacy, assertion, chief, claim, contention, emphasis, head, insistence, keynote, main current, main melody, opinion, request, tenet), しゅもつ (tumor), し"り (hardening, stiffness), そしょう (boil, lawsuit, litigation), ふしゅ (edema). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

팽윤. (various references)

   

Manx

  

lane (at full strength, crowded, fraught, full, full-blooded, fully, gravid, loaded, lot, much, plenary, replete, sound, total, unexpurgated, unexpurgated as edition), boal (wall). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ellingsway

   

Portuguese

  

tumefação (tumefaction), inchamento (swell), inchação (lump, puff), dilatação (dilatation, distension, expanse, expansion, flare, swell). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

umflãturã (boss, bulge, caruncle, core, excrescence, gibbosity, lump, misgrowth, puff, tumor, tumour), tumoare (growth, tumor, tumour, Wen), burduşealã (bloatedness), bulbucãturã (bulge), bubã (abscess, boil, bruise, drawback, hindrance, puff, sorrow, trouble, ulcer). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

распухание (intumescence), вспучивание, выпуклость (bulge, bump, camber, convex, convexity, crowning, gibbosity, knob, protuberance, proturberance, salience, saliency, swell), опухоль (bump, glandule, lump, neoplasm, new growth, protuberance, swell, tumescence, tumor, tumour), опухание (intumescence, tumefaction), набухание (erection, glandule, tumefaction), местная припухлость, бучение, припухание (tumefaction), припухлость (intumescence). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

bochuin. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

otok (intumescence, oedema, tumefaction, tumescence), oteklina (tumor, tumour). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hinchazón (flatulence, flatulency, lump, puff, puffiness), tumefacción (tumefaction), chichón (bump). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

svällande (distension, distention, plethoric, puffed up, swell, turgescent), ansvällning (upsurge). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yumru (bump, concretion, cupola, excrescence, gallnut, knob, knot, knurl, lump, node, nodule, nub, nubble, protuberance, torus, tuber, tuberose, tuberosity, tuberous, wart), yükseltme (aggrandizement, boost, elevation, exaltation, lift, promotion, strengthening, superelevation), yükselme (advance, advancement, ascension, ascent, climb, distinction, escalation, flux, gain, hike, increase, pickup, preferment, progress, promotion, promotional, raise, rise, rising, scaling, step up, swell, upheaval, uprising, upsurge, upthrust), kabartı (blotch, bulging, exanthema, protuberance, puff, puffiness, pustule, raise, tumefaction, whelk), kabarma (eruption, flow, ground swell, heave, heaving, intumescence, pulvinate, surge, surging, swell, upheaval, uprising, upsurge, upthrust), kabaran (intumescent, surging, surgy, tumescent), kabarık (bagging, balloon, bloated, bunchy, fluffy, hipped, puffy, raised, shaggy, swollen, tumid), şişme (distension, inflatable, inflated, intumescence, puff, puffing, swell, tumefaction), şişlik (blain, boss, chilblain, intumescence, protuberance, proud flesh, puff, puffiness, rising, thickening, turgescence), şişkinlik (bulge, inflation, intumescence, puffiness, surfeit, swell, tumescence, tumidity, turgidness), şişirme (fustian, inflation, overcharge, overstatement, puff, puffery, puffing, puffing up, tumefaction, turgescence, verbiage), şişirilmiş (blown up, exaggerated, fustian, inflated, pompous, puffed up, puffy, turgescent), şiş (blown up, broach, bulge, concretion, knitting needle, needle, protuberant, rising, roasting jack, skewer, spit, swell, tumefaction, turgescence, turgid, wart), abartılı (dithyrambic, exaggerated, fond, fustian, hyperbolic, hyperbolical, inflated, magniloquent, ornate, overdone, puffy, slobbery, spread eagle, stagey, stagy, steep, tall, theatrical, turgescent, turgid, well-rounded), çıban (abscess, blain, boil, fistula, gathering). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

зiю (spit, tumor). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

опухання (tuber, tumescence), опухлість. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ymchwydd (surge), chwydd. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Swelling

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

emphysema, orgasmos. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

copia, curvatis, curvato, curvatus, inflationes, tumidi, tumor, tumorem. (various references)

Old French900-1400

boce. (various references)

Middle Dutch1100-1500

blyster. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Swelling

LanguageDateSourceIsaiah Chapter 30, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintDia touto estai umin h amartia auth wV teicoV pipton paracrhma polewV ocuraV ealwkuiaV hV paracrhma parestin to ptwma
Latin405VulgatePropterea erit vobis iniquitas haec sicut interruptio cadens et requisita in muro excelso quoniam subito dum non speratur veniet contritio eius
Middle English1395WyclifTherfore shal be to you this wickidnesse as betwe brosure fallende, and ayeen soyt in an heey wal; for sodeynly whil me hopeth not, shal come the to-brosing of it.
Jacobean English1611King JamesTherefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
Victorian English1833WebsterTherefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
Basic English1964OgdenThis sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Swelling

LanguageIsaiah Chapter 30, Verse 13
CebuanoTungod niini kining kasal-anan mahimo alang kaninyo ingon sa usa ka guba nga kuta nga andam sa pagkapukan, nga nagapatong sa usa ka hataas nga kuta, kansang pagkaguba modangat sa kalit sa dihadiha.
Croatiangrijeh æe vam taj biti poput pukotine, visoko na zidu izboèene, koja prijeti rušenjem.
Danishderfor skal denne Brøde blive for eder som en truende, voksende Revne i en knejsende Mur, hvis Fald vil indtræffe brat, lige i et Nu;
DutchDaarom zal ulieden deze misdaad zijn gelijk een vallende scheur, uitwaarts gebogen in een hogen muur, welks breuk haastelijk in een ogenblik komen zal.
Finnishniin tämä synti on oleva kuin repeämä korkeassa muurissa, joka uhkaa sortua ja pullistuu; se särkyy äkkiä, yhtäkkiä.
FrenchCe crime sera pour vous Comme une partie crevassée qui menace ruine Et fait saillie dans un mur élevé, Dont l`écroulement arrive tout coup, en un instant:
Germanso soll euch solche Untugend sein wie ein Riß an einer hohen Mauer, wenn es beginnt zu rieseln, die plötzlich unversehens einfällt und zerschmettert,
Haitian CreoleEnben, se nou ki va pote chay la. Nou tankou yon miray ki make fann, tankou yon gwo miray byen wo ki gen yon pati ladan l' k'ap souke, ki gonfle prèt pou tonbe. N'ap rete konsa, n'ap tonbe anvan nou bat je nou.
HungarianAzért e bûn olyan lesz tinéktek, mint a leesendõ falhasadék, a mely már kiáll a magas kõfalon, a melynek aztán nagy hirtelen jõ el romlása;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSebab itu kamu bersalah. Kamu seperti tembok tinggi yang retak dari atas ke bawah; dengan tiba-tiba saja kamu akan roboh.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamasebab itu kesalahan ini menjadi bagimu akan suatu belah dari atas sampai ke bawah pada pagar tembok yang tinggi, yang melentur keluar, dan yang kerobohannya akan jadi dengan segera pada sesaat juga;
Italianebbene questa colpa diventer per voi come una breccia che minaccia di crollare, che sporge su un alto muro, il cui crollo avviene in un attimo, improvviso,
MaoriNa, ko te tukunga iho o tenei he ki a koutou, ka rite ki te pakaru o te taiepa, meake nei hinga, kua ngawha haere i te wahi tiketike, kitea rawatia ake kua puta whakarere tona pakaru.
Norwegianderfor skal denne misgjerning bli eder som et falleferdig stykke som skyver sig mere og mere frem på en høi mur, inntil muren med ett, i et øieblikk, styrter sammen og knuses;
Portuguesepor isso esta maldade vos será como brecha que, prestes a cair, já forma barriga num alto muro, cuja queda virá subitamente, num momento.   
Rumaniande aceea nelegiuirea aceasta va fi pentru voi ca spqrtura unui zid knalt, care, spqrgkndu-se, ameninyq sq cadq, wi a cqrui prqbuwire vine deodatq, kntr`o clipq:
RussianФП 'ЕЪЪБЛПОЙЕ ЬФП 'Х"ЕФ "МС ЧБУ, ЛБЛ ХЗТПЦБАЭБС Б"ЕОЙЕН ФТЕЭЙОБ, П'ОБТХЦЙЧЫБСУС Ч ЧЩУПЛПК УФЕОЕ, ЛПФПТПК ТБЪТХЫЕОЙЕ ОБУФБОЕФ ЧОЕЪБ ОП, Ч П"ОП НЗОПЧЕОЙЕ.
Spanishpor eso, este pecado os será como muro agrietado que se abre y cae, como un alto muro al cual de repente, en un instante, le viene su quebrantamiento.
Swedishdärför skall denna missgärning bliva för eder såsom ett fallfärdigt stycke på en hög mur, vilket mer och mer giver sig ut, till dess att muren plötsligt och med hast störtar ned och krossas;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Swelling

Derivations

Words beginning with "swelling": swellings. (additional references)

Words ending with "swelling": upswelling. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Swelling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sellindge, sellinmg, swaling, zwilling. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Swelling"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "swelling" (pronounced swe"ling)
5-w e" l i ngdwelling, quelling, welling.
4-e" l i ngBelling, compelling, dispelling, excelling, expelling, felling, foretelling, helling, Melling, misspelling, outselling, propelling, rappelling, rebelling, repelling, reselling, retelling, selling, shelling, smelling, Snelling, spelling, telling, yelling.
3-l i ngailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rattling, raveling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, rescheduling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, settling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yodeling.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Swelling

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-i-l-l-n-s-w"

-1 letter: selling, slewing, swingle, welling.

-2 letters: ingles, sewing, single, swinge.

-3 letters: gills, glens, ingle, lenis, lewis, liens, lines, lings, lisle, lweis, nills, segni, sengi, sinew, singe, sling, snell, swell, swill, swine, swing, wells, wiles, wills, wines, wings.

-4 letters: egis, ells, engs, gels, gens, gien, gies, gill, gins, glen, ills, isle, legs, leis, lens, lien, lies.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-i-l-l-n-s-w"
 

+1 letter: dwellings, swellings.

 

+2 letters: swivelling, towellings, upswelling, upwellings, weaselling, wellspring, willingest.

 

+3 letters: wellsprings, wholesaling, willingness.

 

+4 letters: disbowelling, sleepwalking, stonewalling, swelteringly.

 

+5 letters: fellowshiping, unwillingness, willingnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Names: Derived from
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Bible Trace
19. Derivations
20. Rhymes
21. Anagrams
22. Bibliography


  

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