intumesce (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *intumesce*:
VERB	motion	intumesce, bubble up	move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating
VERB	change	intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce	expand abnormally

English > *intumesce*: 2 senses > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonym	bubble up
Broader	surface, come up, rise up, rise	Come to the surface

English > *intumesce*: 2 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	Expand abnormally.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce
Caused by	swell	Cause to become swollen
Narrower	belly, belly out	Swell out or bulge out
	blister, vesicate	Get blistered
	bloat	Become bloated or swollen or puff up
	distend	Swell from or as if from internal pressure
	puff, puff up, blow up, puff out	To swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
Broader	expand	Become larger / larger in size or volume or quantity
Spanish	agrandarse, dilatarse, expandirse, hincharse, inflamarse, inflarse
Catalan	dilatar-se, inflar-se
Nouns	intumescence, intumescency	swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)

HyperDic: intumesce