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uptwist

uptwist verb: to twist upward.

Verb

uptwist (third-person singular simple present uptwists, present participle uptwisting, simple past and past participle uptwisted)

  1. (ambitransitive, poetic) To twist upward.

Forms of uptwist

third-person singular presentuptwists
present participleuptwisting
past participleuptwisted
pastuptwisted

Origin of uptwist

From up- + twist.

Questions about uptwist

What does uptwist mean?
Uptwist means to twist upward.
What part of speech is uptwist?
Uptwist is a verb.
What is the past tense of uptwist?
The past tense of uptwist is uptwisted.

Words near uptwist in the dictionary

  1. upturns
  2. uptwirl
  3. uptwirled
  4. uptwirling
  5. uptwirls
  6. uptwist
  7. uptwisted
  8. uptwisting
  9. uptwists
  10. uptying
  11. UPU

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