swelling
swelling · swellings
розширення, розтягнення
опухоль, опухание, припухлость
Anschwellen, Schwellung, Anschwellung
The state of being swollenThe state of being swollen.
/ˈswɛl.ɪŋ/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The state of being swollen.
Anschwellen, Anschwellung
опуха́ниеopuxánije
(countable, uncountable)Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
Schwellung
о́пухольópuxolʹ, припу́хлостьpripúxlostʹ
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A rising, as of passion or anger.
More definitions
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
the state of being swollen:
anything swollen:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the state of being swollen:
anything swollen:
Forms
plural: swellingsSynonyms
31 synonymsectasiaectasisturgescencebloatednessbloatingdistensionintumescenceinturgescencenodosityswollennesstumescencetumidityturgidityturgor
Close in meaning
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement:puffinesslump
- the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water):intumescenceintumescency
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings:bulgebumphumpgibbositygibbousnessjutprominenceprotuberance
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable