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upflow en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈʌpfləʊ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From up- + flow.

Meanings

  1. A flowing upward.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
upflows Number=Plur lexicographic

upflow en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ʌpˈfləʊ/

Etymology

From up- + flow.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To flow or stream upwards.
    • No eye beheld the spring Of that up-flowing Flame 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
upflowing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
upflows Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
upflowed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
upflowed Tense=Past lexicographic