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expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
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swell,
intumesce,
tumefy,
tumesce |
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expand become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"
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distend swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"
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belly,
belly out swell out or bulge out
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puff out,
puff up,
blow up,
puff make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"
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bloat become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"
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vesicate,
blister get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"
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