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upcurling

upcurling is the present participle and gerund 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 upcurling

What is upcurling the present participle and gerund of?
Upcurling is the present participle and gerund of upcurl.

Words near upcurling in the dictionary

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

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