noun
adj
verb
adv

Textual thesaurus for "intumesce"

(verb) tumefy, tumesce, swell, swell up

expand abnormally

The bellies of the starving children are swelling


(verb) bubble up

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