Thesaurus: intumesce

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1. v. i. To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.
2. v. move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
3. v. expand abnormally
4. To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe. In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish black mass. Kirwan.
5. To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, toswell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before theblowpipe.In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish blackmass. Kirwan.
6. v move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically v expand abnormally