uprushing

English

Etymology

From uprush +‎ -ing.

Adjective

uprushing (comparative more uprushing, superlative most uprushing)

That uprushes or rushes upward.
- 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:
  But ever the uprushing wind / Inflates the wings above, / And still the struggling wings / Repel the rushing wind.

Translations

that uprushes or rushes upward

Noun

uprushing (plural uprushings)

gerund of uprush: the action of something that rushes upward.
sudden uprushings of air

Translations

action of something that rushes upward

Verb

uprushing

present participle and gerund of uprush

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