upbreak

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English

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Etymology

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From up- +‎ break.

Verb

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upbreak (third-person singular simple present upbreaks, present participle upbreaking, simple past upbroke, past participle upbroken)

  1. (intransitive) To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.

Noun

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upbreak (plural upbreaks)

  1. A break-up or division.
    • 1870, The British and Foreign Evangelical Review, volume 19, page 134:
      The most ignorant will be wiser than the wisest now is by the time these words can be published, but we think this anticipation is likely to be realised: the probability of upbreak in the "Church" itself increases as the hour of the meeting of the Council approaches.
  2. A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.

Anagrams

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