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English
Etymology
From Middle English upthrowen, equivalent to up- + throw.
Verb
upthrow (third-person singular simple present upthrows, present participle upthrowing, simple past upthrew, past participle upthrown)
- (archaic, poetic) To throw or cast upwards.
1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.29:For fifty tons of water were upthrown / By them per hour .
- (geology, transitive) To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
- (geology, intransitive, of a mass of material) To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.
Noun
upthrow (plural upthrows)
- (geology) A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.
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