swelling
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Types & categories
- symptom hypernym
- enlargement hypernym
- spermatocele hyponym
- bloat hyponym
- bunion hyponym
- edema hyponym
- hematocele hyponym
- intumescence hyponym
- iridoncus hyponym
- lymphogranuloma hyponym
- oscheocele hyponym
- tumidity hyponym
Related & opposite
- swell up derivation
- intumescent derivation
Sense 2 noun
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
Types & categories
- projection hypernym
- frontal eminence hyponym
- occipital protuberance hyponym
- belly hyponym
- caput hyponym
- mogul hyponym
- nub hyponym
- snag hyponym
- wart hyponym
Related & opposite
- bulk derivation
- bulge derivation
- hunch derivation
- pop derivation
- bulge derivation
- protuberate derivation
- crookback derivation
- bellying derivation
- excrescent derivation
Sense 3 noun
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
Types & categories
- chemical process hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swell up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intumescent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | symptom |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | enlargement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spermatocele |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bloat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bunion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | edema |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hematocele |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intumescence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | iridoncus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lymphogranuloma |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oscheocele |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tumidity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bulk |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bulge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bulge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protuberate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crookback |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bellying |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excrescent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | projection |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | frontal eminence |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | occipital protuberance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | belly |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | caput |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mogul |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nub |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snag |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wart |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical process |