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upfloat

upfloat verb: to float upward.

Verb

upfloat (third-person singular simple present upfloats, present participle upfloating, simple past and past participle upfloated)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To float upward.
    • The Robin whistles, gossamers upfloat1881, Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, Sonnets at the English Lakes, page 26

Forms of upfloat

third-person singular presentupfloats
present participleupfloating
past participleupfloated
pastupfloated

Origin of upfloat

From up- + float.

Questions about upfloat

What does upfloat mean?
Upfloat means to float upward.
What part of speech is upfloat?
Upfloat is a verb.
What is the past tense of upfloat?
The past tense of upfloat is upfloated.

Words near upfloat in the dictionary

  1. upflight
  2. upflights
  3. upfling
  4. upflinging
  5. upflings
  6. upfloat
  7. upfloated
  8. upfloating
  9. upfloats
  10. upflood
  11. upflooded

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