| v. i. | 1. | To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe. |
| Verb | 1. | 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" Synonyms: bubble up |
| 2. | intumesce - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" |
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