EGAVE

upthrust

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

upthrow uplift upheaval thrusting thrust thrustor upbreak trusion impulse home thrust

Often followed by

of on and in from is breasts against to

Word family

upthrusted upthrusting upthrusts

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