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updrying

updrying is the present participle and gerund of updry.

Meaning of updry

Verb

updry (third-person singular simple present updries, present participle updrying, simple past and past participle updried)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To dry up.
    • As thro a desert dry to go,1851, Montagu, The Psalms, in a New Version, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches: Psalm CVI He the Red Sea rebuk'd also, That it updrying fled

Questions about updrying

What is updrying the present participle and gerund of?
Updrying is the present participle and gerund of updry.

Words near updrying in the dictionary

  1. updried
  2. updries
  3. updrift
  4. updrifts
  5. updry
  6. updrying
  7. Updyke
  8. Updykes
  9. UPEC
  10. upend
  11. upended

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