Withthrow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Withthrow is a noun meaning Alternative form of windthrow.
Meaning
Alternative form of windthrow.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of windthrow ("to overturn or uproot by the wind").
Example Sentences
In January, 1921, the most disastrous windfall experience of the region was felt in the Olympic Peninsula where altogether over 6 billion feet of timber were withthrown.
On this plot, which suffered in its first year from the severe storm of September 18, 1914, 75 trees have been lost to date : 61 windfalls, 11 insect-killed, 2 fungi-weakened and withthrown, and 1 lightning-killed.
[...] logging (including slash damage) occurs in the 2 foot to 5 foot height classes, which are the very ones which are large enough to maintain themselves against hardwood sprouts, and arc too short to be withthrown.
Word Forms
- withthrows
- withthrowing
- withthrew
- withthrown
Related Words
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