腫れる — meaning in English

English meaning

• swell verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.
• swollen adj Enlarged or puffed up beyond the normal size, usually from injury, illness, or fluid buildup.

Senses

腫れる is used for these senses in English:

• swell (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
• swollen protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

swell — full definition

1. verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.
2. verb To grow gradually in force, loudness, or intensity.
3. noun A long, rolling ocean wave that continues after the wind that made it has died down.
4. adj Excellent; very good (informal, dated-sounding).

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