well up (English, verb)
expansion: well up (third-person singular simple present wells up, present participle welling up, simple past and past participle welled up)
Senses:
glosses: To gradually or steadily flow upwards or outwards so as to begin to fill or overflow something.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To accumulate within one, to the point of overwhelming one.
tags: broadly
figuratively
raw_tags: of an emotion
Forms:
form: wells up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: welling up
tags: participle
present
form: welled up
tags: participle
past
form: welled up
tags: past