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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building);
[syn: upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Upthrow \Up*throw"\, v. t.
   To throw up. --Drayton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Upthrow \Up"throw`\, n. (Mining)
   See Throw, n., 9.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

upthrow
    n 1: (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the
         process of mountain building) [syn: upheaval, uplift,
         upthrow, upthrust]