Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An upward thrust, especially of part of the earth's crust.
- transitive & intransitive verb To thrust or be thrusted upward. Used especially of the earth's crust.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thrust in an upward direction; in geology, an upheaval; an uplift.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an
upward thrust - noun nautical
buoyancy - noun geology an upward
movement of part of theEarth 'scrust - verb transitive to thrust something upwards
- verb intransitive to be thrust upwards
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
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Examples
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There were grim rock isles and islets beyond counting, dim snow-covered ranges beyond, and everywhere upstanding cliffs too steep for snow, outjuts of headlands, and pinnacles and slivers of rock upthrust from the boiling sea.
Chapter 15 2010
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There were grim rock isles and islets beyond counting, dim snow - covered ranges beyond, and everywhere upstanding cliffs too steep for snow, outjuts of headlands, and pinnacles and slivers of rock upthrust from the boiling sea.
Chapter 15 1915
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There was another picture of yet another almost acre of bodies with nary an inch of earth to be seen between them — they were packed so close — and strikingly, in the midst of it all was an upthrust, red-sleeved arm and hand.
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As long as the upthrust B is not aligned with the downthrust W and is at the side under the water, the ship will try to right itself to the original position.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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There was another picture of yet another almost acre of bodies with nary an inch of earth to be seen between them — they were packed so close — and strikingly, in the midst of it all was an upthrust, red-sleeved arm and hand.
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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The Rougon-Macquart – the group, the family, whom I propose to study – has as its prime characteristic the overflow of appetite, the broad upthrust of our age, which flings itself into enjoyments.
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To cup the small, upthrust breasts, rubbing them to pebble hardness.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Technically speaking: the upthrust and downthrust combination is equal to their force times the distance.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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To cup the small, upthrust breasts, rubbing them to pebble hardness.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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I remember, oh, long ago when human kind was very young, that I made me a snare and a pit with a pointed stake upthrust in the middle thereof, for the taking of Sabre-Tooth.
Chapter 21 2010
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