updraft
Americannoun
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An upward current of warm, moist air. With enough moisture, the current may visibly condense into a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud.
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Etymology
Origin of updraft
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at up-, draft
Vocabulary lists containing updraft
Physical Geography - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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Horizon by Fran Wilde Fran Wilde first introduced readers to her Bone Universe trilogy with Updraft, a coming-of-age tale about a teenage girl named Kirit who lives in a fantastical city of bone towers.
From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2017
Fran Wilde’s debut novel Updraft has earned her considerable praise, including an Andre Norton award for best YA fiction.
From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2016
Parodisiac was much too good to hold for the closing of Updraft.
From The Mind Digger by Marks, Winston K.
You be my agent, Mr. Crocker—" He was studying my reaction, and after a moment he said, "You still don't quite believe that I wrote Updraft, do you, sir?
From The Mind Digger by Marks, Winston K.
I did pass Updraft around to a brace of critics, and none of them could hang a plagiarism charge on Hardy.
From The Mind Digger by Marks, Winston K.
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