verb
Meaning 1
To cause to swell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tumefy
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/ˈt(j)uːmɪfaɪ/
verb
Meaning 2
To swell; to rise into a tumour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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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, intumesce, 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
cause to become very swollen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swell
History
Etymology
From French tuméfier, from Latin tumefaciō, ultimately from tumeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh1- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отичам (otičam) — to cause to swell
- Esperanto: ŝveligi — to cause to swell
- French: tuméfier — to cause to swell
- Greek: προκαλώ (prokaló) — to cause to swell
- Latin: tumefaciō — to cause to swell