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adj
Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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verb
Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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History
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.
