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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overthrust en · ADJ

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

  1. (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

  1. (ambitransitive) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.

Forms

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overthrusts Number=Plur lexicographic

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

  1. (intransitive) Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.

Forms

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overthrusted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overthrusted Tense=Past lexicographic
overthrusts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overthrust Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overthrust Tense=Past lexicographic
overthrusting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic