uprushing

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adjective

That uprushes or rushes upward.

“sudden uprushings of air”

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Meanings

adjectiveuprushing (comparative more uprushing, superlative most uprushing)

comparative more uprushing · superlative most uprushing

  1. That uprushes or rushes upward.

    But ever the uprushing wind / Inflates the wings above, / And still the struggling wings / Repel the rushing wind.

    1801, Robert Southey, “The Twelfth Book”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume II, London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC, page 313
nounuprushing (plural uprushings)

plural uprushings

  1. gerundgerund of uprush: the action of something that rushes upward.

    sudden uprushings of air

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of uprush

Origin

From uprush + -ing.

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APA

uprushing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uprushing

MLA

“uprushing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uprushing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uprushing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uprushing.

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