Synonyms: intumesce, tumefy, tumesce, swell, swell up
Definition: expand abnormally
Usage: The bellies of the starving children are swelling
Similar words: expand
Definition: become larger in size or volume or quantity
Usage: his business expanded rapidly
Synonyms: bubble up, intumesce
Definition: move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
Usage: Gases bubbled up from the earth; Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America