"upbreak" meaning in English

See upbreak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: upbreaks [plural]
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  1. A break-up or division.
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  2. A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.
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Verb

Forms: upbreaks [present, singular, third-person], upbreaking [participle, present], upbroke [past], upbroken [participle, past]
Etymology: Etymology tree English up- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break English upbreak From up- + break. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|up-|break|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English up- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break English upbreak [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "break", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰreg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*brekaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*brekan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "brecan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "breken", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "break", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "upbreak", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="upbreak"> From up- + break. Head templates: {{en-verb|+|+|upbroke|upbroken}} 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. Tags: intransitive
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Inflected forms

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