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upflood

upflood verb: to flood upward.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To flood upward.

Noun

upflood (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

Forms of upflood

Verb
third-person singular presentupfloods
present participleupflooding
past participleupflooded
pastupflooded
Noun
pluralupfloods

Origin of upflood

From up- + flood.

Questions about upflood

What does upflood mean?
Upflood means to flood upward.
What part of speech is upflood?
Upflood can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of upflood?
The past tense of upflood is upflooded.

Words near upflood in the dictionary

  1. upflings
  2. upfloat
  3. upfloated
  4. upfloating
  5. upfloats
  6. upflood
  7. upflooded
  8. upflooding
  9. upfloods
  10. upfloor
  11. upfloors

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