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upswell

[ uhp-swel ]

verb (used with or without object)

upswelled, upswelled or upswollen, upswelling.
  1. to swell up.


upswell

/ ʌˈɛ /

verb

  1. rare.
    to swell up or cause to swell up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of upswell1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; up-, swell
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Example Sentences

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The algae bloom was the result of an upswell in the ocean that brought up enough nutrients to the surface to allow the algae to thrive, he said.

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For so many this is the defining memory of 2014: the intense and spontaneous upswell of sorrow, how astonishing it was to see and share it across Australia and worldwide.

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And, of course, Republicans ran towards every microphone is sight to feign outrage and declare that an upswell of once-skeptical Americans would now vote for Trump.

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Meanwhile, an upswell of labor activity and strikes across the country — which organizers and media dubbed a “hot labor summer” — caught the nation’s attention.

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The wave of negative publicity generated an upswell of political and scientific interest in the Salton Sea.

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