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uptower

uptower verb: to tower above; to loom.

Verb

uptower (third-person singular simple present uptowers, present participle uptowering, simple past and past participle uptowered)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To tower above; to loom.
    • Where wealth and worth and nobleness all flower, / There too doth misery and vice uptower.1884, John S. Rae, Poems and Songs, page 42

Forms of uptower

third-person singular presentuptowers
present participleuptowering
past participleuptowered
pastuptowered

Origin of uptower

From up- + tower.

Questions about uptower

What does uptower mean?
Uptower means to tower above; to loom.
What part of speech is uptower?
Uptower is a verb.
What is the past tense of uptower?
The past tense of uptower is uptowered.

Words near uptower in the dictionary

  1. uptorn
  2. uptoss
  3. uptossed
  4. uptosses
  5. uptossing
  6. uptower
  7. uptowered
  8. uptowering
  9. uptowers
  10. uptown
  11. uptowner

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