Grow and Swell

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Grow

Grow verb - To look after or assist the growth of by labor and care.

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Swell is a synonym for grow in enlarge topic. In some cases you can use "Swell" instead a verb "Grow", when it comes to topics like activity, characteristic, size, rise. popular alternative

Nearby Words: growth, growing, grown, grower

Swell

Swell verb - Cause to become swollen.

Usage example: The water swells the wood

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Grow is a synonym for swell in enlarge topic. You can use "Grow" instead a verb "Swell", if it concerns topics such as activity, characteristic, size, rise. popular alternative

Nearby Word: swelling

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heart	grow heart	swell heart
soul	grow soul	swell soul
body	grow body	swell body
army	grow army	swell army
Other words: head.

Both words in one sentence

Niles' fantasies grow and swell out of proportion... until it is revealed that Martin was trying to photograph Eddie (the dog) but had the camera backwards.

Source: Nipple and Dimed
And in this series by Ewa Białołęcka problems do tend to pile on them, swell and grow multiple appendages.Though the dragons are quite cuddly.

Source: Literature / Kroniki Drugiego Kregu
They're essentially known as dragon gods and Rinnosuke says that when a god's body dies its bones swell with power and grow into what the Outside World have called dinosaur fossils.

Source: Our Dragons Are Different / Video Games

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