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(Geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
upheaval
uplift
upthrow
1
Beyond the lake a peak
upthrust
its rocky front into the sky.
2
Huge stumps
upthrust
like beacons in a ruffled harbor, grim, massive butts.
3
He pointed his finger at a foaming
upthrust
of tossing water.
4
The dot at the center is not elongated enough to be considered an
upthrust
.
5
One stood rigid at the top of an
upthrust
stone with his arms crossed.
6
This pattern is a tented arch of the
upthrust
type.
7
The match burned down, and dropped from his
upthrust
fingers.
8
The tented arch is directly beneath the innermost loop, and is of the
upthrust
type.
9
The two men were still sitting on the logs and leaning lazily against
upthrust
boughs.
10
Mr. Pennypacker leaned with an air of satisfaction against the
upthrust
bough of a fallen oak.
11
Lame Man Bench was a great
upthrust
block of basalt grown over with scraggly juniper forest.
12
An
upthrust
must be an ending ridge.
13
Rectangular, upon their outlines no spike of pyramid, no curve of globe showing, uncompromisingly ponderous, they
upthrust
.
14
His tusks were stained almost black, except at the
upthrust
tips, where they faded to red-tinted amber.
15
He pressed closer to the swayingly kneeling man, and with
upthrust
muzzle sought to kiss the blubbering face.
16
Sheltered by
upthrust
teeth of rock, they looked down, sickened, on what the glow of the bonfires revealed.
upthrust
consider an upthrust
upthrust bough
upthrust type
apparent upthrust
baffle the upthrust