upthrust

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Germanic *ub

Proto-Germanic *upp

Proto-West Germanic *upp

Old English up

Old English ūp-

Middle English up-

English up-

English thrust

English upthrust

From 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) f (ánosi)

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 upthrust or 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