upflood

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ flood.

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.
    • 2006, Jason Murk, Necktie for a Two-headed Tadpole: A Modern-day Alchemy Book, page 38:
      My mind had become a tattered cloth which couldn't stop the upflood of images upwelling from underneath: […]
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