Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To become swollen

    опуха́тьopuxátʹ, опу́хнутьopúxnutʹ

More definitions
  • expand abnormally

Examples

24 sentences

  1. The toothache made his face swell up.

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  2. Tom twisted his ankle and it swelled up.

    ruТом подвернул лодыжку, и она опухла. — odexed

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  3. Tom's face swelled up after being stung by a bee.

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  4. I didn't know what made my leg swell up like that.

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  5. When I was stung by an angry bee, my face swelled up.

    Коли мене вжалила розлючена бджола, моє обличчя набрякло. — Ahha

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to become bigger or swollen:

Forms

swells up, swelling up, swelled up, swelled up
Base formswell up · to swell up
3rd person singularswells up
Present participleswelling up
Past simpleswelled up
Past participleswelled up / swollen up

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyswell up
he, she, itswells up

Past simpleLesson

all personsswelled up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave swelled up
he, she, ithas swelled up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill swell up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
distend
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
swellB1swelterswerve
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