1. overthrust - Noun
2. overthrust - Adjective
3. overthrust - Verb
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.
According to the festival director and Overthrust bandleader Tshomarelo ‘Vulture’ Mosaka, the festival was initially started as an ordinary annual rock festival. Source: Internet