swollen
adjective/ˈswəʊlən/
/ˈswəʊlən/
- (of a part of the body) larger than normal, especially as a result of a disease or an injury
- swollen glands
- Her eyes were red and swollen from crying.
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsc1- Her face was still horribly swollen.
- Her legs got swollen from standing up all day.
- His ankle is bruised and quite badly swollen.
- One of her eyes was swollen shut.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- from
- be red and swollen
- swollen shut
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- (of a river) containing more water than normal
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