upflood

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verb

To flood upward.

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Meanings

verbupflood (third-person singular simple present upfloods, present participle upflooding, simple past and past participle upflooded)

present singular third person upfloods · participle present upflooding · participle past upflooded · past upflooded

  1. intransitiveTo flood upward.
nounupflood (plural upfloods)

plural upfloods

  1. An upward flood.

    My mind had become a tattered cloth which couldn't stop the upflood of images upwelling from underneath: […]

    2006, Jason Murk, Necktie for a Two-headed Tadpole: A Modern-day Alchemy Book, page 38

Origin

From up- + flood.

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APA

upflood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upflood

MLA

“upflood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upflood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upflood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upflood.

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