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.
swell verb [I/T] (INCREASE). âº to âbecome âlarger and ârounder: [I] Itâs âspring, and the âbuds on the âtrees are âbeginning to swell. [I] One of his âeyes swelled âshut. [T] Immigrants swelled the cityâs âpopulation (= âincreased it). [I] fig.