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intumesce

/ intumesce /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
"Gases bubbled up from the earth"
"Marx''s ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America"
Type of:
surface come up rise up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 2
expand abnormally
"The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
Type of:
expand
Kinds of:
distend belly belly out puff puff up
Derived:
tumefaction intumescence intumescency swelling puffiness
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Semantic Complexity
50%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
14
Times Searched
2
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surface come up rise up expand distend belly belly out puff puff up