backthrusting

/ˈbækˌθrʌstɪŋ/

backthrusting is the present participle of backthrust.

Meaning of backthrust

backthrust (third-person singular simple present backthrusts, present participle backthrusting, simple past and past participle backthrusted)

To push or drive backward with force or effort.
- The soldier was backthrusting to resist the opposing force's advance.

backthrusting (plural backthrustings)

The act or process of thrusting backward, typically in a physical, mechanical, or figurative sense, such as a counteraction or retrograde motion.
- The backthrusting of tectonic plates can cause reverse faults in geological structures.
- Folds are overturned toward the east, and the upper blocks of major thrusts moved from west to east, with local sympathetic backthrusting from east to west.1951 April, Preston Cloud, Reconnaissance Geology of Guam and Problems of Water Supply and Fuel Storage, Military Geology Branch US Geological Survey, for Intelligence Division, Office of the...

plural	backthrustings

What does backthrusting mean?: Backthrusting means the act or process of thrusting backward, typically in a physical, mechanical, or figurative sense, such as a counteraction or retrograde motion.
What is backthrusting the present participle of?: Backthrusting is the present participle of backthrust.
What part of speech is backthrusting?: Backthrusting is a noun.
How do you pronounce backthrusting?: Backthrusting is pronounced /ˈbækˌθrʌstɪŋ/.
What is the plural of backthrusting?: The plural of backthrusting is backthrustings.

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