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upwheel

upwheel verb: to wheel upward.

Verb

upwheel (third-person singular simple present upwheels, present participle upwheeling, simple past and past participle upwheeled)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To wheel upward.
    • Like a loud trump of war, breaks forth thy song, / O Milton, where angelic hosts upwheel / To battle; or like deep-voiced organ peal / Filling with awe the mute adoring throng.1886, John Lancaster Spalding, The Poet's Praise, page 78

Forms of upwheel

third-person singular presentupwheels
present participleupwheeling
past participleupwheeled
pastupwheeled

Origin of upwheel

From up- + wheel.

Questions about upwheel

What does upwheel mean?
Upwheel means to wheel upward.
What part of speech is upwheel?
Upwheel is a verb.
What is the past tense of upwheel?
The past tense of upwheel is upwheeled.

Words near upwheel in the dictionary

  1. upwelling
  2. upwellings
  3. upwells
  4. upwent
  5. Upwey
  6. upwheel
  7. upwheeled
  8. upwheeling
  9. upwheels
  10. upwhirl
  11. upwhirled

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