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upswim

upswim verb: to swim up or upward.

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

Forms of upswim

third-person singular presentupswims
present participleupswimming
pastupswam
past participleupswum

Origin of upswim

From up- + swim.

Questions about upswim

What does upswim mean?
Upswim means to swim up or upward.
What part of speech is upswim?
Upswim is a verb.
What is the past tense of upswim?
The past tense of upswim is upswam.

Words near upswim in the dictionary

  1. upswelled
  2. upswelling
  3. upswellings
  4. upswells
  5. upswept
  6. upswim
  7. upswimming
  8. upswims
  9. upswing
  10. upswinging
  11. upswings

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