upthrow

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verb

To throw or cast upwards.

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upheavalupliftupthrust
OriginMiddle English upthrowen →
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Meanings

verbupthrow (third-person singular simple present upthrows, present participle upthrowing, simple past upthrew, past participle upthrown)

present singular third person upthrows · participle present upthrowing · past upthrew · participle past upthrown

  1. archaicpoeticTo throw or cast upwards.

    For fifty tons of water were upthrown / By them per hour [...].

    1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.29
  2. transitivegeographyTo throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
  3. intransitivegeographyTo be thrown up from below, causing a fault.
nounupthrow (plural upthrows)

plural upthrows

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

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

Similar
upheavalupliftupthrust
Broader
riserisingascent
Also see
upheavalupliftupthrust

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishupthrowen
  2. Englishupthrow

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

throwup
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APA

upthrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upthrow

MLA

“upthrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upthrow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upthrow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upthrow.

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