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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things);
- Example: "Strong emotions welled up"
- Example: "Smoke swelled from it"
[syn: well up, swell]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

well up
    v 1: come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral
         things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from
         it" [syn: well up, swell]