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intumesce
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, tumesce -- (expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling")
Grep of noun intumesce
intumescence
intumescency
Antonyms of verb intumesce
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb intumesce
2 senses of intumesce
Sense 1
bubble up, intumesce
=> surface, come up, rise up, rise
=> ascend, go up
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
=> expand
=> grow
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb intumesce
1 of 2 senses of intumesce
Sense 2
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
=> distend
=> belly, belly out
=> puff, puff up, blow up, puff out
=> bloat
=> blister, vesicate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated 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, tumesce
=> expand
'Cause To' of verb intumesce
Derived Forms of verb intumesce
1 of 2 senses of intumesce
Sense 2
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
RELATED TO>(noun) intumescency#1
=> intumescence, intumescency
RELATED TO>(noun) intumescence#1
=> intumescence, intumescency
Domain of verb intumesce
Domain Terms of verb intumesce
Familiarity of verb intumesce
intumesce used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb intumesce
2 senses of intumesce
Sense 1
bubble up, intumesce
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb intumesce
2 senses of intumesce
Sense 1
bubble up, intumesce
> surface, come up, rise up, rise
=> emerge
=> resurface
=> bubble up, intumesce
=> well, swell
Sense 2
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
> expand
=> balloon, inflate, billow
=> swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb intumesce
Sense 1
bubble up, intumesce
=> surface, come up, rise up, rise
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Sense 2
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
=> expand
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Grep of verb intumesce
intumesce
Grep of adj intumesce
intumescent
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