Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To move upward in bubbles or in a way suggesting bubbles.

    The kid was fascinated by the air bubbling up from the aquarium vent.

    move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically

  2. (intransitive)To reach the surface; to emerge.

    Many of the old feelings bubbled up when I met her again.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Some clouds had bubbled up towards evening.

    deGegen Abend haben sich ein paar Wolken gebildet. — manese

  2. Don't let your own issues to bubble up at work.

  3. Problems started to bubble up.

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  4. All Ziri's anger bubbled up to the surface.

  5. Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Forms

bubbles up, bubbling up, bubbled up, bubbled up
Base formbubble up · to bubble up
3rd person singularbubbles up
Present participlebubbling up
Past simplebubbled up
Past participlebubbled up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybubble up
he, she, itbubbles up

Past simpleLesson

all personsbubbled up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bubbled up
he, she, ithas bubbled up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bubble up

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically:intumesce

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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