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upcrawl

upcrawl verb: to crawl upward.

Verb

upcrawl (third-person singular simple present upcrawls, present participle upcrawling, simple past and past participle upcrawled)

  1. (archaic, intransitive, poetic) To crawl upward.
    • Behold his venal brain bared to our gaze, / See the base thoughts which worm-like there upcrawl, / Countless and teeming from their burrow's maze; […]1883, William J. Coughlin, Songs of an Idle Hour, page 47

Forms of upcrawl

third-person singular presentupcrawls
present participleupcrawling
past participleupcrawled
pastupcrawled

Origin of upcrawl

From up- + crawl.

Questions about upcrawl

What does upcrawl mean?
Upcrawl means to crawl upward.
What part of speech is upcrawl?
Upcrawl is a verb.
What is the past tense of upcrawl?
The past tense of upcrawl is upcrawled.

Words near upcrawl in the dictionary

  1. Upcott
  2. Upcotts
  3. upcountry
  4. upcourt
  5. upcraned
  6. upcrawl
  7. upcrawled
  8. upcrawling
  9. upcrawls
  10. upcreek
  11. upcreep

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