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uprushing

uprushing adjective: that uprushes or rushes upward. Also the gerund of uprush.

Adjective

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

Also used as

uprushing is also the gerund of uprush.

uprushing is also the present participle and gerund of uprush.

Forms of uprushing

Adjective
comparativemore uprushing
superlativemost uprushing
Noun
pluraluprushings

Origin of uprushing

From uprush + -ing.

Questions about uprushing

What does uprushing mean?
Uprushing means that uprushes or rushes upward.
What part of speech is uprushing?
Uprushing is an adjective.

Words near uprushing in the dictionary

  1. uprunning
  2. upruns
  3. uprush
  4. uprushed
  5. uprushes
  6. uprushing
  7. uprushings
  8. ups
  9. ups and disappears
  10. ups and downs
  11. ups one's game

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