What does swell up mean?

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swell up

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

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swells up (present, singular) swelling up (participle, present) swelled up (past) swoll up (archaic, past) swelled up (participle, past) swoll up (archaic, participle) swollen up (participle, past)

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