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Intumesce (Verb)

Meaning 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".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

  • Bubble Up

Hypernyms

  • Rise
  • Surface
  • Rise Up

Meaning 2

Expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

  • Tumesce
  • Tumefy
  • Swell
  • Swell Up

Hypernyms

  • Expand

Hyponyms

  • Belly Out
  • Puff Up
  • Distend
  • Bloat
  • Vesicate
  • Belly
  • Blister
  • Puff
  • Puff Out

Related Words

  • Intumescency (noun)
  • Intumescence (noun)
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