Defenition of the word intumesce

• Defenition of the word intumesce

  • expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
  • 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"
  • expand abnormally
  • move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically

Hyponyms for the word intumesce

• • belly
  • belly out
  • blister
  • bloat
  • blow up
  • distend
  • puff
  • puff out
  • puff up
  • vesicate

Hypernyms for the word intumesce

• • come up
  • expand
  • rise
  • rise up
  • surface

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