The vertical movement of heat and moisture, especially by updrafts and downdrafts in an unstable air mass. The terms convection and thunderstorm are often used interchangeably, although thunderstorms are only one form of convection. Towering cumulus clouds are visible forms of convection.
The transmission of heat in a fluid by the circulation of currents.
An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, etc.
A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
An effort to vomit; retching.
Broken wind in horses.
The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.
An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory
To throw, cast.
To displace (a vein, stratum).
To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
To rise and fall.
To utter with effort.
To pull up with a rope or cable.
To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.