Definition for Intumesce:

• To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell or bubble up under the action of the blow- pipe, as certain minerals do.

Synonyms for Intumesce:

• n.

  •distend (noun)
  • distend.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • bubble up,
  • swell,
  • swell up,
  • tumefy,
  • tumesce.
  •v.
  • come up,
  • expand,
  • rise,
  • rise up,
  • surface.