swell
verb (used without object)
to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth.
will have swollen
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future perfectof swell.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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Easdale has a permanent population of 65 but in the days leading up to Hogmanay and for a day or so afterwards this will have swollen to around 250.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 31, 2017
The few halting confessions of God that one hears here and there to-day, like that little twittering of birds which comes before the dawn, will have swollen to a choral unanimity.
From God the Invisible King by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
In a few hours the flaxseed in the sack below will have swollen and distended the bag so as to effectually shut off all water from above.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
Costs will have swollen the original total enormously; it all will have to come from them.
From A Duel by Marsh, Richard
