INTUMESCING

Move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically

Example: "Gases bubbled up from the earth"

• bubble up

Expand abnormally

Example: "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

• swell  8
• swell up
• tumefy  14
• tumesce  11

• expand  16

• distend  9
• belly  10
• belly out
• blow up
• • puff  12
  • puff out
  • puff up
  • bloat  7
  • blister  9
  • vesicate  13
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