tumefy
1. cause to become very swollen • Derivationally related forms: tumefaction • Hypernyms: swell • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something 2. expand abnormally - The bellies of the starving children are swelling • Syn: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumesce • Derivationally related forms: tumescent (for: tumesce), tumefaction, intumescency (for: intumesce), intumescence (for: intumesce), swelling (for: swell) • Hypernyms: expand • Hyponyms: distend, belly, belly out, puff, puff up, blow up, puff out, bloat, blister, vesicate • Verb Frames: - Something ----s
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