English Explanatory Dictionary

upthrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To throw or cast upwards.
  2. To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
  3. To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.
noun
  1. A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.

Word forms

upthrow upthrows upthrowing upthrew upthrown

Etymology

From Middle English upthrowen, equivalent to up- + throw.

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