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upthrow

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

verb upthrows · upthrowing · upthrew · upthrown

  1. archaic, poetic To throw or cast upwards. For fifty tons of water were upthrown / By them per hour [...].
  2. transitive To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
  3. intransitive, of a mass of material To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.

noun upthrows

  1. A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.

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@misc{upthrow_2026,
  title = {upthrow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/upthrow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}