upflow

English

Etymology

up- +‎ flow

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ʌpˈfləʊ/

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• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpfləʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊ, -ʌpfləʊ

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To flow or stream upwards.
   • 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:

     No eye beheld the spring
     Of that up-flowing Flame

Noun

upflow (plural upflows)

1. A flowing upward.

Anagrams

• wolf up