uppluck
uppluck verb: to pluck up; pull up; deracinate.
Verb
uppluck (third-person singular simple present upplucks, present participle upplucking, simple past and past participle upplight or upplucked)
- To pluck up; pull up; deracinate.
- And you, sweet flow'rs that in this garden grow...Yourselves uppluck'd would to his funeral hie.c. 1632, Giles Fletcher, Alexander Balloch Grosart, Christ's triumph over Death
- The gates of the toun hath he upplight, and on his bak ycaried them hath he, [...]1829, The London encyclopaedia, The Canterbury Tales
Forms of uppluck
| third-person singular present | upplucks |
|---|---|
| present participle | upplucking |
| past participle | upplight |
| past | upplight |
| past participle | upplucked |
| past | upplucked |
| alternative form | up-pluck |
Origin of uppluck
From Middle English upplucken, upplukken, equivalent to up- + pluck.
Questions about uppluck
- What does uppluck mean?
- Uppluck means to pluck up; pull up; deracinate.
- What part of speech is uppluck?
- Uppluck is a verb.
- What is the past tense of uppluck?
- The past tense of uppluck is upplight.
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