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upwell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
up-well
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To well up; surge upwards.

Intransitive verb

name

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

Etymology

From up- + well.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

upwells (present, singular) upwelling (participle, present) upwelled (participle, past) upwelled (past)

Questions

What does upwell mean?
To well up; surge upwards.
Where does upwell come from?
From up- + well.

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