"uptower" meaning in All languages combined

See uptower on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: uptowers [present, singular, third-person], uptowering [participle, present], uptowered [participle, past], uptowered [past]
Etymology: up- + tower Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|tower}} up- + tower Head templates: {{en-verb}} uptower (third-person singular simple present uptowers, present participle uptowering, simple past and past participle uptowered)
  1. (transitive, poetic) To tower above; to loom. Tags: poetic, transitive
    Sense id: en-uptower-en-verb-vqVPWbw~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with up-

Inflected forms

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