tumesce

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verb

expand abnormally
- The bellies of the starving children are swelling
• Syn:
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy
• Derivationally related forms:
tumescent, tumefaction (for: tumefy), intumescency (for: intumesce), intumescence (for: intumesce), swelling (for: swell)
• Hypernyms:
expand
• Hyponyms:
distend, belly, belly out, puff, puff up,
blow up, puff out, bloat, blister, vesicate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s