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upglides

upglides is the plural of upglide.

Meaning of upglide

Noun

upglide (plural upglides)

  1. An upward glide.
    • Assuming that upglides signal tentativeness, interpersonal meaning and doubt, stereotypical belief would expect women to favour upglides rather than downglides.2011, Britta Mondorf, Gender Differences in English Syntax, page 56

Questions about upglides

What is upglides the plural of?
Upglides is the plural of upglide.

Words near upglides in the dictionary

  1. upglance
  2. upglanced
  3. upglances
  4. upglancing
  5. upglide
  6. upglides
  7. upgliding
  8. UPGMA
  9. upgo
  10. upgoes
  11. upgoing

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