intumesce

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intumesce

بالا امدن ،باد کردن ،اماس کردن ،پف کردن


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INTUMESCE
INTUMIDIRE. TUMEFARSI

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intumesce
[.v]: بالا آمدن ، باد کردن ، اماس کردن ، پف کردن

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intumesce

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. in a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish black mass.
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]


2. expand abnormally; "the bellies of the starving children are swelling" [syn: swell, swell up, tumefy]





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Intumesce
(v. i.)
To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.
  

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