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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
overthrust en · ADJ
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Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English thrust
English overthrust
From over- + thrust.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.
overthrust en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English thrust
English overthrust
From over- + thrust.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.
Forms
overthrust en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English thrust
English overthrust
From over- + thrust.
Meanings
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(intransitive) Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.
Forms