Definition of "upwell" []

• To rise from a lower or inner source; well up: tears upwelling in my eyes. (verb-intransitive)

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• "The strong winds that typically "upwell" colder deep-ocean waters to the ocean surface ceased in late May, he said."
• "He saidthatadequatefunds would be distributed among the departments so that the work onvarious developmental projects is taken upwell in time."
• "And the deeper you go into the ocean, you know, the colder that water is, so that's going to upwell a little bit and it's going to lose a little bit of its octane fuel, so to speak, to feed that storm."