Develop
Swell
Swell verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Usage example: more layoffs will swell the ranks of the unemployed to unprecedented levels
Develop is a synonym for swell in grow topic. Sometimes you can use "Develop" instead a verb "Swell", if it concerns topics such as enlarge.
Nearby Word: swelling
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| cancer | develop cancer | swell cancer |
Both words in one sentence
- The upwardly mobile villain of The Boxtrolls, Archibald Snatcher, is obsessed with cheese-eating as a sign of status even though he has a violent allergy that causes him to swell up and develop a nasty rash.
Source: Death by Gluttony
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