| Definition of 'intumesce' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) bubble up, intumesce
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"
2. (verb) swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
expand abnormally
"The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
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| Definition of 'intumesce' |
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1. (verb) intumesce
to enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe
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