updraft

updraft: Synonyms and related words:

air current, anabasis, ascension, ascent, clamber, climb, climbing, crosscurrent, current, current of air, downdraft, draft, elevation, escalade, fall wind, flow of air, following wind, fountain, gush, gyring up, head wind, increase, indraft, inflow, inhalation, inrush, inspiration, jet, jetstream, jump, katabatic wind, leap, levitation, monsoon, mount, mounting, movement of air, rise, rising, rocketing up, saltation, shooting up, soaring, spout, spring, spurt, stream, stream of air, surge, tail wind, takeoff, taking off, undercurrent, upclimb, upcoming, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vault, wind, zooming

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updraft — rising air current, 1909, from UP (Cf. up) + DRAFT (Cf. draft) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
updraft — [up′draft΄] n. an upward air current … English World dictionary
updraft carburetor — updraft carburetor, a carburetor below the intake manifold in a motor vehicle … Useful english dictionary
updraft — noun Date: circa 1887 an upward movement of gas (as air) … New Collegiate Dictionary
updraft — /up draft , drahft /, n. the movement upward of air or other gas. [1400 50; late ME; see UP , DRAFT] * * * … Universalium
updraft — noun an upward current of air, especially a strong one … Wiktionary
updraft — n. upward movement (of air, gas, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
updraft — A localized upward current of air … Aviation dictionary
updraft — up•draft [[t]ˈʌpˌdræft, ˌdrɑft[/t]] n. phs the movement upward of air or other gas • Etymology: 1400–50 … From formal English to slang
updraft — /ˈʌpdraft/ (say updrahft) noun Meteorology a small scale current of rising air. Also, updraught …

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