Word.ws English Dictionary

preswells

preswells is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preswell.

Meaning of preswell

Verb

preswell (third-person singular simple present preswells, present participle preswelling, simple past and past participle preswelled)

  1. To cause to become engorged with fluid prior to some other operation.
    • In order to secure uniform depth development it is often necessary to preswell the gelatin to facilitate access of the developer to the deepest grains.1949, Herman Joseph Yagoda, Radioactive measurements with nuclear emulsions, page 60

Questions about preswells

What is preswells the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Preswells is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preswell.

Words near preswells in the dictionary

  1. presweetening
  2. presweetens
  3. preswell
  4. preswelled
  5. preswelling
  6. preswells
  7. preswim
  8. preswing
  9. preswirl
  10. preswirls
  11. preswollen

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: preswells (page history and authors); preswell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “preswells.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/preswells. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.