tumesce
UK/tjuːˈmɛs/US/tuˈmɛs/
tumesce verb: to become tumescent; to expand or inflate.
Verb
tumesce (third-person singular simple present tumesces, present participle tumescing, simple past and past participle tumesced)
Forms of tumesce
| third-person singular present | tumesces |
|---|---|
| present participle | tumescing |
| past participle | tumesced |
| past | tumesced |
Words formed from tumesce
Words that rhyme with tumesce
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- SMS
- success
- compress
- largesse
- ness
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
Questions about tumesce
- What does tumesce mean?
- Tumesce means to become tumescent; to expand or inflate.
- What part of speech is tumesce?
- Tumesce is a verb.
- How do you pronounce tumesce?
- Tumesce is pronounced /tjuːˈmɛs/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of tumesce?
- The past tense of tumesce is tumesced.
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