thrown up's Usage Examples:

A breastwork is a temporary fortification, often an earthwork thrown up to breast height to provide protection to defenders firing over it from a standing.

in many places in times of war, fieldworks that were only temporarily thrown up were later turned into permanent fortifications.

apparently a bird of estuaries and rivers running from the mountains thrown up by the Cimmerian orogeny through the arid lands of continental East Asia.

When thrown up in the air they create beautiful serpentines, and their motion through.

of a bicycle or motorcycle, the rider as well – from mud, and spray, thrown up by the wheels.

The Dinaric Alps were thrown up in more or less parallel ranges, stretching like necklaces from the Julian.

that, on sunny mornings around 10 am, rainbows can be seen in the mist thrown up by the waterfall.

The aircraft had exploded and several bodies had been thrown up to 40 feet away.

The hayloft is filled with loose hay from the top of a wagon, thrown up through a large door, usually some 3 metres (10 ft) or more above the.

or sleigh to protect the driver from mud or other debris "dashed up" (thrown up) by the horses' hooves.

and in ploughing the land, quantities of large paving stones have been thrown up at different times, which seemed to have been placed in regular order:.

then saw sparks from the side of the locomotive as ballast began to be thrown up against the cab.

Simpler defensive walls of earth or stone, thrown up around hillforts, ringworks, early castles and the like, tend to be referred.

The peak is a scoria hill that was thrown up beside a group of three overlapping volcanic craters that now contain.

Transient stands are easily thrown up and removed.

The Boys Ba' is thrown up from the Merket Cross on the Kirk Green on front of St Magnus Cathedral.

protects the hermit crab with its stings, and benefits from the food thrown up by the hermit crab's movements.

The aircraft flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung (approximately 110 miles (180 km).

"it was relatively easy to fit the Formby films into the new demands thrown up by the war: whereas George had typically had to overcome rogues and villains.

and the ball to be bounced only for the start of the match, and then thrown up.

Synonyms:

current;

Antonyms:

noncurrent; styleless;