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Definition: Bubble Up |
Bubble UpVerb1. Move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically; "Gases bubbled up from the earth"; "Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Bubble UpSynonym: intumesce (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Ferment, effervesce, foam; boil, boil over; bubble up; simmer. |
Ascent | Verb: ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise; go up, get up, work one's way up, start up; shoot up, go into orbit; float up; bubble up; aspire. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bubble Up |
| English words defined with "bubble up": Ebulliate. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "bubble up": Ebulliate. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Marcus Aurelius | Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Language | Translations for "bubble up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 湧 (rush forth), 潏 , 涌 (rush forth). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | hochkommen (come up), aufwallen (boil up, surge up), aufsteigen (ascend, ascension, be promoted, climb, climb up, fume, gather, get on, go up, jump on, Mount, move up, raise, rise, rise up, soar, soar up, to arise, to arise (arose, to ascend, to mount, to soar, tower), aufsprudeln. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | felbugyog (to bubble up). (various references) | ||||||||||
Indonesian | membual-bual (brag), membual (brag). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubblebay upay kaynamak (abound, boil, boil away, come to the boil, conglutinate, join, seethe, spill over with, swarm, teem, weld, well), fokurdamak (boil, boil up, bubble, spit, wallop). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ebullio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-b-e-l-p-u-u" | |
-2 letters: bubble. | |
-4 letters: bleb, blub, blue, bulb, lube, pleb, pule. | |
-5 letters: bel, bub, ebb, leu, pub, pul, ulu. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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