upflow

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/ʌpˈfləʊ//ˈʌpfləʊ/

verb

To flow or stream upwards.

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Meanings

verbupflow (third-person singular simple present upflows, present participle upflowing, simple past and past participle upflowed)

present singular third person upflows · participle present upflowing · participle past upflowed · past upflowed

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo 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
nounupflow (plural upflows)

plural upflows

  1. A flowing upward.

Origin

From up- + flow.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with upflow

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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