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1.
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
swollen hands
2.
abnormally expanded or increased in size; ('swollen' is sometimes used in combination)
the need to clean out swollen inventories
the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked
huge blood-swollen mosquitoes
3.
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty
growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary
4.
overfull with water
swollen rivers and creeks
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