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.

Translations

upward thrust

• Finnish: noste (fi)

buoyancy

• Finnish: noste (fi), nostovoima
• Georgian: ამომგდები ძალა (amomgdebi ʒala)
• Greek: άνωση (el) (ánosi) ((f))

movement of Earth's crust

• Finnish: maankohoaminen (fi), maannousu

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.

Translations

to thrust upwards

• Finnish: nostaa (fi)

to be thrust upwards

• Finnish: nousta (fi)

Anagrams

• thruputs