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upblowing

upblowing adjective: blowing in an upward direction. Also the present participle and gerund of upblow.

Adjective

upblowing (comparative more upblowing, superlative most upblowing)

  1. Blowing in an upward direction
    • […] the ever-changing panorama of the seasons, with the green spring, yellow summer, and the purple autumn, always rejoicing in the vales; and the white winter always, if not only, frosting the loftiest summits above them, cooling the down-flowing waters, and the upblowing winds, and imaging to the...1864, The Evangelical Quarterly Review, volumes 15-16, page 52

Noun

upblowing (countable and uncountable, plural upblowings)

  1. An act or instance of blowing up

Also used as

upblowing is also the present participle and gerund of upblow.

Forms of upblowing

Adjective
comparativemore upblowing
superlativemost upblowing
Noun
pluralupblowings

Origin of upblowing

From upblow + -ing.

From upblow + -ing or up- + blowing.

Questions about upblowing

What does upblowing mean?
Upblowing means blowing in an upward direction.
What part of speech is upblowing?
Upblowing can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near upblowing in the dictionary

  1. upblazed
  2. upblazes
  3. upblazing
  4. upblew
  5. upblow
  6. upblowing
  7. upblown
  8. upblows
  9. upboat
  10. upboated
  11. upboating

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