English Explanatory Dictionary

upthrust

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An upward thrust.
  2. Buoyancy.
  3. An upward movement of part of the Earth's crust.
verb
  1. To thrust something upwards.
  2. To be thrust upwards.

Word forms

upthrust upthrusts upthrusting upthrusted

Etymology

From up- + thrust.

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