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upwell

upwell verb: to well up; surge upwards.

Verb

upwell (third-person singular simple present upwells, present participle upwelling, simple past and past participle upwelled)

  1. (intransitive) To well up; surge upwards.

Proper noun capitalized: Upwell

Upwell

  1. A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF5002).

Forms of upwell

third-person singular presentupwells
present participleupwelling
past participleupwelled
pastupwelled

Origin of upwell

From up- + well.

Questions about upwell

What does upwell mean?
Upwell means to well up; surge upwards.
What part of speech is upwell?
Upwell can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of upwell?
The past tense of upwell is upwelled.

Words near upwell in the dictionary

  1. upways
  2. upweight
  3. upweighted
  4. upweighting
  5. upweights
  6. upwell
  7. upwelled
  8. upwelling
  9. upwellings
  10. upwells
  11. upwent

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