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uprend

uprend verb: to tear up; to uproot.

Verb

uprend (third-person singular simple present uprends, present participle uprending, simple past and past participle uprent)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To tear up; to uproot.
    • For earthquake swallowing earthquake
      Uprent the Wessex tree1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse

Forms of uprend

third-person singular presentuprends
present participleuprending
past participleuprent
pastuprent

Origin of uprend

From up- + rend.

Questions about uprend

What does uprend mean?
Uprend means to tear up; to uproot.
What part of speech is uprend?
Uprend is a verb.
What is the past tense of uprend?
The past tense of uprend is uprent.

Words near uprend in the dictionary

  1. upregulations
  2. upregulative
  3. upregulator
  4. upregulators
  5. upregulatory
  6. uprend
  7. uprendering
  8. uprending
  9. uprends
  10. uprent
  11. uprest

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