swollen

Modifying Another Word

• badly: Donald Roy managed to evade pursuit and walked five miles without stopping, his wounded foot badly swollen and without a shoe.

Preposition: with

• fluid: Liver function is affected, the abdomen becomes swollen with fluid increasing the risk of heart failure.

Modifies a noun

• ankle: Symptoms include a swollen, painful ankle with possible bruising due to ruptured blood vessels.

Preposition: by

• rain: It is also remarkable, that this river is never swollen by rains, but often rises by the violence of the winds.

Used with adjective complement

• become: The ankles, for example, become swollen at some point during the disease in up to 90 % of children.