Upthrow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Upthrow is a verb meaning (geology, transitive) To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
Meaning
(geology, transitive) To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
More Meanings
- (geology, intransitive, of a mass of material) To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.
- (geology) A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.
- (archaic, poetic) To throw or cast upwards.
Example Sentences
For fifty tons of water were upthrown / By them per hour [...].
Word Forms
- upthrows
- upthrowing
- upthrew
- upthrown
Synonyms for upthrow
Depending on context, synonyms include upheaval, uplift, upthrust.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include upthrust, uplift, upheaval, uphurl, upcast, throw up.
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