It bends without breaking around waves and swells. As the brain swells, intracranial pressure rapidly rises. After midnight, the weather began to worsen, with heavy swells and sporadic squalls. "Oceanos" headed into 40-knot winds and swells. Another possible explanation is that the hotspot strength swells and subsides over time. He eventually swells and bursts, which kills him instantly. This is an explanation as to why wood swells and shrinks. Here it fixes onto a teat which swells inside its mouth. In SIS, the brain rapidly swells, greatly increasing intracranial pressure. When large amounts are inhaled, the throat swells shut and victims suffocate. As the water saturates the wood, it swells, the gaps close and become impermeable. Mariners were advised to remain cautious of large swells around the islands, potentially reaching . On the big occasions the crowd swells well beyond that. It is mostly a level prairie with a few swells or hills around it. Prior to egg laying, the female's abdomen noticeably swells.