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upthrust

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables
up-thrust
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An upward thrust.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Buoyancy.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An upward movement of part of the Earth's crust.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To thrust something upwards.

Transitive verb

verb

To be thrust upwards.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

From up- + thrust.

Usage

Inflected Forms

upthrusts (plural) upthrusts (present, singular) upthrusting (participle, present) upthrusted (participle, past) upthrusted (past)

Synonyms

upheaval uplift upthrow

Questions

What does upthrust mean?
An upward thrust.
Where does upthrust come from?
From up- + thrust.

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