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uplays

uplays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uplay.

Meaning of uplay

Verb

uplay (third-person singular simple present uplays, present participle uplaying, simple past and past participle uplaid)

  1. (rare, transitive) To lay up; hoard.
    • Or as though the least of His pains, deeds, or words,
      Would busy a life, she all this day affords;
      This treasure then, in gross, my soul uplay,
      And in my life retail it every day.1608, John Donne, Upon the Annunciation and Passion Falling upon One Day

Questions about uplays

What is uplays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Uplays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uplay.

Words near uplays in the dictionary

  1. uplandish
  2. uplands
  3. Uplawmoor
  4. uplay
  5. uplaying
  6. uplays
  7. uplead
  8. upleading
  9. upleads
  10. uplean
  11. upleaned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uplays (page history and authors); uplay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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