upswim en · VERB
Etymology
From up- + swim.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| upswims | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| upswimming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upswum | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upswam | Tense=Past | lexicographic |