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noun
The tensile stress exerted by an overthrust rock mass upon overlying rocks which themselves are not under compressive thrusting stress and therefore tend to be stretched and broken by normal faulting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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verb
To exert pull on the underside of (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To undergo a pull from the underside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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History
From under- + drag.
