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outcrop
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun outcrop has 1 sense
- outcrop(n = noun.object) outcropping, rock outcrop - the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land; Array has particulars: belay, outthrust
is a kind of rock, stone
Derived form verb outcrop1
Verb outcrop has 1 sense
- outcrop(v = verb.change) Array - appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground; "Big boulders outcropped" is one way to appear
Derived forms noun outcrop1, noun outcropping1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
outcrop, n.
The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground. [1913 Webster]
outcrop, v. i.
To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
outcrop, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the emergence of a stratum, vein, or rock, at the surface. b a stratum etc. emerging.
2 a noticeable manifestation or occurrence.
--v.intr. (-cropped, -cropping) appear as an outcrop; crop out.
--n.
1 a the emergence of a stratum, vein, or rock, at the surface. b a stratum etc. emerging.
2 a noticeable manifestation or occurrence.
--v.intr. (-cropped, -cropping) appear as an outcrop; crop out.
THESAURUS
outcrop
appear, arise, become manifest, become visible, come, come forth, come forward, come in sight, come out, come to hand, come to light, crop out, discernibleness, emerge, enter, epiphany, exposure, fade in, heave in sight, issue, issue forth, look forth, loom, manifestation, materialize, observability, outcropping, peep out, perceptibility, rear its head, revelation, rise, see the light, seeableness, show, show up, stream forth, strike the eye, the seen, the visible, turn up, visibility, visibleness, visuality, what is revealed
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