"upflow" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʌpfləʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upflow.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upflow2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: upflows [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊ, -ʌpfləʊ Etymology: From up- + flow. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|up-|flow|text=+|tree=1}} From up- + flow. Head templates: {{en-noun}} upflow (plural upflows)
  1. A flowing upward.
    Sense id: en-upflow-en-noun-UsVhYDb7 Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with up-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 94 6

Verb

IPA: /ʌpˈfləʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upflow.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upflow2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: upflows [present, singular, third-person], upflowing [participle, present], upflowed [participle, past], upflowed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊ, -ʌpfləʊ Etymology: From up- + flow. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|up-|flow|text=+|tree=1}} From up- + flow. Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-upflow-en-verb-cg2oijAz

Inflected forms

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