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upshut

upshut verb: to shut up; to close.

Verb

upshut (third-person singular simple present upshuts, present participle upshutting, simple past and past participle upshut)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To shut up; to close.
    • Now in due order all again
      Into its place he puts;
      The Sanctuary arranges; then
      Withdraws, and that upshuts.1854, Friedrich Schiller, Montagu Montagu, The Song of the Bell: And Other Poems, page 133

Forms of upshut

third-person singular presentupshuts
present participleupshutting
past participleupshut
pastupshut

Origin of upshut

From up- + shut.

Questions about upshut

What does upshut mean?
Upshut means to shut up; to close.
What part of speech is upshut?
Upshut is a verb.
What is the past tense of upshut?
The past tense of upshut is upshut.

Words near upshut in the dictionary

  1. upshot
  2. upshots
  3. upshoved
  4. Upshur
  5. Upshur County
  6. upshut
  7. upshuts
  8. upshutting
  9. upsidaisy
  10. upside
  11. upside down

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