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upboil

upboil verb: to boil upward.

Verb

upboil (third-person singular simple present upboils, present participle upboiling, simple past and past participle upboiled)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To boil upward.

Forms of upboil

third-person singular presentupboils
present participleupboiling
past participleupboiled
pastupboiled

Origin of upboil

From up- + boil.

Questions about upboil

What does upboil mean?
Upboil means to boil upward.
What part of speech is upboil?
Upboil is a verb.
What is the past tense of upboil?
The past tense of upboil is upboiled.

Words near upboil in the dictionary

  1. upblows
  2. upboat
  3. upboated
  4. upboating
  5. upboats
  6. upboil
  7. upboiled
  8. upboiling
  9. upboils
  10. upboost
  11. upboosts

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