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upswum

upswum is the past participle 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 upswum

What is upswum the past participle of?
Upswum is the past participle of upswim.

Words near upswum in the dictionary

  1. upswims
  2. upswing
  3. upswinging
  4. upswings
  5. upswollen
  6. upswum
  7. upswung
  8. upsy
  9. upsy-daisy
  10. upsy-down
  11. upsy-downsy

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