Definitions for intumesce

Definitions for (verb) intumesce

Main entry: intumesce, tumefy, tumesce, swell, swell up

Definition: expand abnormally

Usage: The bellies of the starving children are swelling


Main entry: 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


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