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intumesce
(encz) | intumesce, v: |
Intumesce
(gcide) | Intumesce \In`tu*mesce"\, 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.
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intumesce
(wn) | intumesce
v 1: 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" [syn: bubble up, intumesce]
2: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are
swelling" [syn: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy,
tumesce] |
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intumesce
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intumescence
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intumescency
(encz) | intumescency, n: |
Intumesced
(gcide) | Intumesce \In`tu*mesce"\, 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.
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Intumescence
(gcide) | Intumescence \In`tu*mes"cence\, n. [Cf. F. intumescence.]
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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.
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The intumescence of nations. --Johnson.
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2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.
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Intumescent
(gcide) | Intumescent \In`tu*mes"cent\, a. [L. intumescens, p. pr.]
Swelling up; expanding.
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intumesce
(wn) | intumesce
v 1: 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" [syn: bubble up, intumesce]
2: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are
swelling" [syn: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy,
tumesce] |
intumescence
(wn) | intumescence
n 1: swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
[syn: intumescence, intumescency]
2: the increase in volume of certain substances when they are
heated (often accompanied by release of water) [syn:
intumescence, intumescency, swelling] |
intumescency
(wn) | intumescency
n 1: swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
[syn: intumescence, intumescency]
2: the increase in volume of certain substances when they are
heated (often accompanied by release of water) [syn:
intumescence, intumescency, swelling] |
intumescent
(wn) | intumescent
adj 1: abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly
distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids";
"swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
[syn: puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid,
turgid] |
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