| | intumesce | (อินทุเมส') vi. พองตัว, ขยายตัว, บวมตัว, Syn. swell, expand |
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| | | | Intumesce | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Intumesced p. pr. & vb. n. Intumescing ] [ L. intumescere; pref. in- in + tumescere to swell up, incho. fr. tumere to swell. See Tumid. ] To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe. [ 1913 Webster ] In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish black mass. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Intumescence | n. [ Cf. F. intumescence. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat. [ 1913 Webster ] The intumescence of nations. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Intumescent | a. [ L. intumescens, p. pr. ] Swelling up; expanding. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | intumescence | (n) swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion), Syn. intumescency | | intumescence | (n) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water), Syn. swelling, intumescency | | bubble up | (v) move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically, Syn. intumesce, Example: Gases bubbled up from the earth; Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America | | puffy | (adj) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas, Syn. intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid, Example: hungry children with bloated stomachs; he had a grossly distended stomach; eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids; swollen hands; tumescent tissue; puffy tumid flesh | | swell | (v) expand abnormally, Syn. tumesce, tumefy, intumesce, swell up, Example: The bellies of the starving children are swelling |
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