tumesce (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *tumesce*:
VERB	change	tumesce, swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy	expand abnormally

English > *tumesce*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	Expand abnormally.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy
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
Adjectives	tumescent	abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

HyperDic: tumesce