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upswam

upswam is the simple past of upswim.

Meaning of upswim

Verb

upswim (third-person singular simple present upswims, present participle upswimming, simple past upswam, past participle upswum)

  1. (ambitransitive, poetic) To swim up or upward.
    • It was at the very date to which we have come, / In the month of the matching name, / When, at a like minute, the sun had upswum, / Its couch-time at night being the same.1917, Thomas Hardy, An Anniversary

Questions about upswam

What is upswam the simple past of?
Upswam is the simple past of upswim.

Words near upswam in the dictionary

  1. upsurp
  2. upswallow
  3. upswallowed
  4. upswallowing
  5. upswallows
  6. upswam
  7. upswarm
  8. upswarmed
  9. upswarming
  10. upswarms
  11. upsway

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