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upshooting

upshooting is the present participle and gerund of upshoot.

Meaning of upshoot

Verb

upshoot (third-person singular simple present upshoots, present participle upshooting, simple past and past participle upshot)

  1. (intransitive) To shoot upward.
    • trees upshooting high1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about upshooting

What is upshooting the present participle and gerund of?
Upshooting is the present participle and gerund of upshoot.

Words near upshooting in the dictionary

  1. upshifts
  2. Upshire
  3. upshock
  4. upshocks
  5. upshoot
  6. upshooting
  7. upshoots
  8. upshore
  9. upshorts
  10. upshot
  11. upshots

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