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All welling synonyms

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verb welling

  • foam β€” a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer.
  • boil β€” When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.
  • burble β€” If something burbles, it makes a low continuous bubbling sound.
  • churn β€” A churn is a container which is used for making butter.
  • erupt β€” (of a volcano) become active and eject lava, ash, and gases.
  • fester β€” to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate.
  • gurgle β€” to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
  • gush β€” to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
  • percolate β€” to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
  • seep β€” to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall.
  • seethe β€” to surge or foam as if boiling.
  • simmer β€” to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
  • smolder β€” to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
  • sparkle β€” to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
  • stir β€” to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
  • trickle β€” to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks.
  • eddy β€” a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion.
  • effervesce β€” to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
  • fizz β€” to make a hissing or sputtering sound; effervesce.
  • issue β€” the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
  • moil β€” to work hard; drudge.
  • murmur β€” a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
  • ripple β€” (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze.
  • spume β€” to eject or discharge as or like foam or froth; spew (often followed by forth).
  • swash β€” to splash, as things in water, or as water does: Waves were swashing against the piers.
  • well β€” in a good or satisfactory manner: Business is going well.
  • diminish β€” to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
  • flow β€” to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
  • leak β€” an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.
  • ooze β€” (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings.
  • reduce β€” to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
  • abate β€” If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
  • decline β€” If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • decrease β€” When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
  • dwindle β€” to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
  • effuse β€” to pour out or forth; shed; disseminate: The town effuses warmth and hospitality.
  • exude β€” Discharge (moisture or a smell) slowly and steadily.
  • osmose β€” to undergo osmosis.
  • run off β€” to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • taper off β€” to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
  • cascade β€” If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
  • flush β€” a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
  • pour β€” to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
  • spew β€” to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
  • spout β€” to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
  • burst β€” If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
  • emanate β€” (of something abstract but perceptible) Issue or spread out from (a source).
  • emerge β€” Move out of or away from something and come into view.
  • flood β€” a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
  • jet β€” a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
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