Word info

overthrust

Speech parts

1. overthrust - Noun

2. overthrust - Adjective

3. overthrust - Verb

Meaning

overthrust (plural overthrusts)

(geology, transitive, intransitive) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.

overthrust (third-person singular simple present overthrusts, present participle overthrusting, simple past and past participle overthrusted or overthrust)

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

overthrust (not comparable)

(geology) Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

According to the festival director and Overthrust bandleader Tshomarelo ‘Vulture’ Mosaka, the festival was initially started as an ordinary annual rock festival. Source: Internet

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