GEOLOGIC PROCESS Synonyms

• the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

• (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office

• the act of putting something somewhere

• the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office

• (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

• condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind

• a gradual decline of something

• erosion by chemical action

• the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin

• a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape

• a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

• the act of folding

• capable of being folded up and stored

• the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

• becoming liquid

• change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances

• the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

• the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

• an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

• a gradual sinking to a lower level

• the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

• (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

• a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts

• fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

• lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces

• lift up or elevate

• All the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after lithification, not including weathering or other surface changes.

• The process of mountain formation by deformation of the Earth's crust.

• the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

• towards the side exposed to wind

• face and withstand with courage

• cause to slope

• sail to the windward of

• change under the action or influence of the weather

• (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified