upwell
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of upwell
Example Sentences
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This causes cold water to rise up - or "upwell" - from the depths of the ocean, meaning sea surface temperatures are cooler than usual in the east Pacific.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
The summit, then, is hardly a grass-roots upwell of creationist support at MSU.
From Slate • Nov. 3, 2014
In essence, the cold waters that sink in the northern North Atlantic are replaced by relatively warm surface waters that upwell elsewhere in the global ocean.
From Scientific American • Feb. 11, 2013
By honest pride Of eld tradition sanctified; My pensive vigil keeping, I feel thy beauty like a spell, And thoughts, and tender thoughts, upwell, That fill my heart to weeping.
From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane
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