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English to English noun
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an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement |  | source: wordnet30
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something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | | Example: the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
the hump of a camel
he stood on the rocky prominence
the occipital protuberance was well developed
the bony excrescence between its horns
source: wordnet30
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the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) | | source: wordnet30
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The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride. | | source: webster1913
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