upthrow
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English upthrowen, equivalent to up- + throw.
Verb edit
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 edit
upthrow (plural upthrows)