GeoFacts for Elmwood Park, IL. Elmwood Park, IL is a village located in the northeastern part of Illinois.
verb (used without object), swelled, swollen or swelled, swelling. 1. to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth. 2. Pathology. to increase abnormally in size, as by inflation, distention, accumulation of fluids, or the like: Her ankles swelled from standing. 3. to rise in waves, as the sea.
To swell is to expand or grow larger. If your brother's face started to swell after he ate lobster for the first time, you'd probably guess that he's allergic to shellfish.