Welling

//ˈwɛlɪŋ// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of something that wells, or issues forth like water.

    "It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of well form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A place name:; A suburban area in the borough of Bexley, south-eastern Greater London, England, historically in Kent (OS grid ref TQ4676). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place name:; A municipality in Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place name:; A hamlet in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place name:; A census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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goodcomfortablyeasilyoriginshaftsource

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"The water is welling up from the ground."

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