English Explanatory Dictionary

boln

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Swollen; puffed out.
verb
  1. To swell; to puff.

Pronunciation

/boʊln/

Word forms

boln more boln most boln bollen bolns bolning bolned

Etymology

From Middle English bolnen, bollen, from Old Norse bólgna, from bolginn (“swollen”), past participle of a verb represented by Old English belgan (“to swell”). Compare Swedish bulna (“to swell, be swollen”), Danish bolne (“to swell, be swollen”). Related to belly, bellows.

Synonyms

bulging distended tumid boln bulled extuberant farced nodose puffed protuberant swollen turgid
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