intumesce

/ˈɪntuˌmɛs/

Other forms: intumesces

Definitions of intumesce

1. verb

   expand abnormally
   synonyms: swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce

   types:

   distend

   swell from or as if from internal pressure

   belly, belly out

   swell out or bulge out

   blow up, puff, puff out, puff up

   to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

   bloat

   become bloated or swollen or puff up

   blister, vesicate

   get blistered

   type of:

   expand

   become larger in size or volume or quantity
2. verb

   move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
   synonyms: bubble up

   type of:

   come up, rise, rise up, surface

   come to the surface