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KK Pronunciation

〔 ˏIntjUˋmєs 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˏintjuˊmes 〕


Overview of verb intumesce

The verb intumesce has 2 senses


  • 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")

  • swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce -- (expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling")