| slovo | definícia |
upheaval
(encz) | upheaval,pozdvižení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Upheaval
(gcide) | Upheaval \Up*heav"al\, n.
The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp.,
an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. --Lubbock.
[1913 Webster] |
upheaval
(wn) | upheaval
n 1: a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics
or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution
was a period of great turbulence" [syn: turbulence,
upheaval, Sturm und Drang]
2: a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
[syn: convulsion, turmoil, upheaval]
3: (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the
process of mountain building) [syn: upheaval, uplift,
upthrow, upthrust]
4: disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation,
excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
upheaval
(encz) | upheaval,pozdvižení n: Zdeněk Brož |
upheaval
(wn) | upheaval
n 1: a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics
or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution
was a period of great turbulence" [syn: turbulence,
upheaval, Sturm und Drang]
2: a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
[syn: convulsion, turmoil, upheaval]
3: (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the
process of mountain building) [syn: upheaval, uplift,
upthrow, upthrust]
4: disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation,
excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo] |
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