how water can defy gravity

Question

I recently soaked my sons onesie overnight in water and oxiclean. The legs and feet were sticking out of the bowl onto the counter. The next morning most of the water had traveled up and out though the legs (this bowl was not short either, it was part
Of our salad spinner.)

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Answer 1

My physics teacher said the siphon effect…which is what this is, is not fully understood.

It is a combination of capillary action, water cohesion, atmospheric pressure and gravity.