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upcurled

upcurled is the simple past and past participle of upcurl.

Meaning of upcurl

Verb

upcurl (third-person singular simple present upcurls, present participle upcurling, simple past and past participle upcurled)

  1. (rare, transitive) To curl up.
    • Thus truth was multiplied on truth, the world / Like one great garden show'd, / And thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd, / Rare sunrise flow'd.1830 June, Alfred Tennyson, “The Poet”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 48

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Questions about upcurled

What is upcurled the simple past and past participle of?
Upcurled is the simple past and past participle of upcurl.

Words near upcurled in the dictionary

  1. upcrossings
  2. upcry
  3. upcrying
  4. UPCs
  5. upcurl
  6. upcurled
  7. upcurling
  8. upcurls
  9. upcurrent
  10. upcurrents
  11. upcurve

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