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upplucking

upplucking is the present participle and gerund of uppluck.

Meaning of uppluck

Verb

uppluck (third-person singular simple present upplucks, present participle upplucking, simple past and past participle upplight or upplucked)

  1. (rare, transitive) 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

Questions about upplucking

What is upplucking the present participle and gerund of?
Upplucking is the present participle and gerund of uppluck.

Words near upplucking in the dictionary

  1. upploughed
  2. upploughing
  3. upploughs
  4. uppluck
  5. upplucked
  6. upplucking
  7. upplucks
  8. uppon
  9. uppour
  10. uppoured
  11. uppouring

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