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upsteals

upsteals is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upsteal.

Meaning of upsteal

Verb

upsteal (third-person singular simple present upsteals, present participle upstealing, simple past upstole, past participle upstolen)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To steal or creep upward.
    • […] Or the potter, from whose wheel / Fair and finished shapes upsteal, / As by magic of command, / Guided by the loving hand.1905, Bliss Carman, Poems, volume 2, page 212

Questions about upsteals

What is upsteals the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Upsteals is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upsteal.

Words near upsteals in the dictionary

  1. upstayed
  2. upstaying
  3. upstays
  4. upsteal
  5. upstealing
  6. upsteals
  7. upstep
  8. upstepped
  9. upstepping
  10. upsteps
  11. upstick

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