verb
Meaning 1
To swell or enlarge (abnormally)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
intumesce
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪntjʊˈmɛs/
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General-American: /ɪntuˈmɛs/
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rhymes with -ɛs
verb
Meaning 2
To bubble up (as the result of heating)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
expand abnormally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The bellies of the starving children are swelling
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expand
Narrower terms: distend, belly, belly out, puff, puff up, blow up, puff out, bloat, blister, vesicate
verb
Meaning 4
move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Gases bubbled up from the earth
- Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bubble up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: surface, come up, rise up, rise
History
Etymology
From Latin intumēscō.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: подувам се (poduvam se) — To swell or enlarge (abnormally)
- Bulgarian: отичам (otičam) — To swell or enlarge (abnormally)