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intumesces definition

intumesces


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  intumesce 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  intumesce 
 
  Sense  2 
  swell,  swell  up  intumesce,  tumefy 
  =>  distend 
  =>  belly,  belly  out 
  =>  puff,  puff  up  blow  up  puff  out 
  =>  bloat 
  =>  blister 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  intumesce 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  intumesce 
 
  Sense  2 
  swell,  swell  up  intumesce,  tumefy 
  =>  distend 
  =>  belly,  belly  out 
  =>  puff,  puff  up  blow  up  puff  out 
  =>  bloat 
  =>  blister 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  intumesce 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  intumesce 
 
  2  senses  of  intumesce 
 
  Sense  1 
  bubble  up  intumesce 
  =>  surface,  come  up  rise  up  rise 
 
  Sense  2 
  swell,  swell  up  intumesce,  tumefy 
  =>  expand 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  intumesce 
 
  intumesce  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  intumesce 
 
  Sense  1 
  bubble  up  intumesce 
  =>  surface,  come  up  rise  up  rise 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  swell,  swell  up  intumesce,  tumefy 
  =>  expand 
  -------------- 
 
  Overview  of  verb  intumesce 
 
  The  verb  intumesce  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  bubble  up  intumesce  --  (move  upwards  in  bubbles,  as  from  the  effect  of  heating;  also  used  metaphorically;  "Gases  bubbled  up  from  the  earth";  "Marx's  ideas  have  bubbled  up  in  many  places  in  Latin  America") 
  2.  swell,  swell  up  intumesce,  tumefy  --  (expand  abnormally;  "The  bellies  of  the  starving  children  are  swelling") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  intumesce 
 
  The  verb  intumesce  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  bubble  up  intumesce  --  (move  upwards  in  bubbles,  as  from  the  effect  of  heating;  also  used  metaphorically;  "Gases  bubbled  up  from  the  earth";  "Marx's  ideas  have  bubbled  up  in  many  places  in  Latin  America") 
  2.  swell,  swell  up  intumesce,  tumefy  --  (expand  abnormally;  "The  bellies  of  the  starving  children  are  swelling") 



intumesces definition