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.
Examples
- In the eerie landscape, steam began to intumesce from the vents, creating a sense of foreboding among the group of explorers.
- As she listened to the motivational speech, ideas began to intumesce in her mind, filling her with a renewed sense of purpose.
- Air pockets within the ancient ice intumesced as the glacier slowly melted, releasing gases trapped for millennia.
- Passion for social change began to intumesce within the community, eventually leading to a massive public demonstration.
- The professor's novel concept started to intumesce in the academic world, inspiring a flurry of debate and criticism.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The tumor began to intumesce rapidly, causing severe pain to the patient.
- In case of infection, the wound will intumesce, resulting in redness and swelling.
- The body of the deceased insect intumescenced significantly after being submerged in water for weeks.
- Due to malnutrition, the bellies of the refugees started to intumesce, a symptom of distension caused by gas accumulation.
- When the fungal spores landed on a suitable surface, they began to intumesce and sprout tiny fungal structures.