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# swollen

«swollen» in Mova's school dictionary: **bigger than normal, often because of an injury, sting or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; verb (past participle of swell: swell, swells, swelled, swollen/swelled)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Swollen means bigger than normal, often because of an injury, sting or illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swollen/#m1)

2) A swollen river has more water than usual after rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swollen/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In first aid a swollen ankle may mean a sprain; ice and rest help, and an adult should check it. In geography heavy rain makes swollen rivers that can flood. Phrases: «a swollen ankle», «swollen glands», «a swollen river».

### examples

- My ankle was swollen after I twisted it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swollen/#x1)
- The bee sting made his hand swollen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swollen/#x2)
- The river was swollen after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swollen/#x3)
- Her eyes were swollen from crying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swollen/#x4)
- When you have a cold, your glands can be swollen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swollen/#x5)
- Put ice on the swollen knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swollen/#x6)
- Stay away from swollen rivers; they are fast and dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swollen/#x7)
- In short, the swollen river had already done a great deal of mischief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swollen/#x8)

### note

Irregular: swell – swelled – swollen (or swelled). Pronounced SWOH-lun. Noun: swelling. Safety: swelling of the face, lips or throat after a sting or food can be an allergic reaction — get adult help at once.

### In the corpora

- [An onion is a bulb whose layers are swollen leaves storing food for next year's growth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/57-roots-stems-and-leaves/13/)
- [Not everything under the ground is a root, though: a potato is a swollen stem, and its eyes are buds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push/4/)
- [A potato is a swollen underground stem called a tuber, and its eyes are buds; a sweet potato really is a root.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds/7/)
- [Potatoes are swollen underground stems that store food, and the eyes on a potato are buds that can grow into new plants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/8/)
- [Potatoes are not seeds or roots but swollen underground stems.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «swollen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swollen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.