What does "welling" mean?

The act of something that wells, or issues forth like water.

What is a synonym for "welling"?

Common synonyms include: ebullition, emerge, emerging, emotional, fill, flood.

/ˈwɛlɪŋ/ name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
The act of something that wells, or issues forth like water.
"It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space."

Verb

Proper Noun

1
A surname. countable, uncountable
2
A place name:; A suburban area in the borough of Bexley, south-eastern Greater London, England, historically in Kent (OS grid ref TQ4676). countable, uncountable
3
A place name:; A municipality in Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. countable, uncountable
4
A place name:; A hamlet in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. countable, uncountable
5
A place name:; A census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. countable, uncountable

"The water is welling up from the ground."