intumesce

Verbs

  • (v) 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
    bubble up,
  • (v) expand abnormally
    • The bellies of the starving children are swelling
    swell up, tumesce, tumefy, swell,

Synonyms

bubble up swell up tumesce tumefy swell

Words of close approximity

intumescence intumescency intumescent