upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
(noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
upthrow (third-person singular simple present upthrows, present participle upthrowing, simple past upthrew, past participle upthrown)
(archaic, poetic) To throw or cast upwards.
(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.
upthrow (plural upthrows)
(geology) A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.
• throw up, throw-up, throwup
Source: Wiktionary
Up*throw", v. t.
Definition: To throw up. Drayton.
Up"throw`, n. (Mining)
Definition: See Throw, n., 9.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
