Search for crossword answers and clues
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
Answer for the clue "(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) ", 7 letters:
upthrow
Word definitions for upthrow in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context geology English) A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below. vb. 1 (context archaic poetic English) To throw or cast upwards. 2 (context geology transitive English) To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Upthrow \Up*throw"\, v. t. To throw up. --Drayton.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) [syn: upheaval , uplift , upthrust ]
Usage examples of upthrow.
Deluging Heaven with fire, and the lashed deeps Glitter and boil beneath: it rages on, One mighty stream, whirlwind and waves upthrown, Lightning, and hail, and darkness eddying by.
Some of the splashes were close enough to the destroyers for the upthrown seawater to drench the men aboard.
A man sprawled in the clotted mud with a dented helm and bloody mail—his face concealed behind an upthrown arm.
The rattle of upthrown pebbles on the hull died away as Ortega cut the engines to idle.
The flood wave itself couldn’t be seen beyond the screen of tossing trees that fringed the mouth of the gorge, but Uhura could see a churning mass of upthrown trees, rocks, and debris exploding far above the mountain’s shoulder.
The curved blade, red in the morning sun, sliced down through the bandit's suddenly upthrown left arm almost as though there were no bone there, only flesh, and landed solidly in the bend of the bandit's sword arm, neatly cutting the forearm away and spraying red blood into the morning light, the bandit's sword tip coming within a handsbreath of Casca's face before falling away.