upthrust

English

Etymology

up- + thrust

Noun

upthrust (countable and uncountable, plural upthrusts)

  1. An upward thrust.
  2. (nautical) Buoyancy.
  3. (geology) An upward movement of part of the Earth's crust.

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Verb

upthrust (third-person singular simple present upthrusts, present participle upthrusting, simple past and past participle upthrusted)

  1. (transitive) To thrust something upwards.
  2. (intransitive) To be thrust upwards.

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