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upˈwell, v.
[up- 4.]
intr. To well up; spec. of liquid, esp. seawater: to surge upwards. Also fig.
1885R. Bridges Eros & Psyche x. xix, Out of the topmost stone Of yonder hill upwells a fountain head. 1886National Rev. Apr. 229 As when, up-welling from his fountain deeps, The Infant River leaves his native snows. 1913R. Kane Good Friday to Easter Sunday 29 A fresh warm tear..is born,..silently upwelling. 1938Nature 29 Oct. 778/1 Atlantic water..is rich in phosphate because it contains water that has upwelled at the edge of the continental shelf. 1973C. Sagan Cosmic Connection xvi. 115 Hot molten rock, called lava, upwells through tubes in the upper layers of the Earth. 1979Nature 8 Feb. 470/2 Most meltwater from icebergs may spread laterally rather than upwell along the sides. |