upwell

American  

[uhp-wel] / ʌpˈwɛl /

verb (used without object)

1. to well up, as water from a spring.

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Etymology

Origin of upwell

First recorded in 1880–85; up- + well ²

Example Sentences

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