"upcrawl" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: upcrawls [present, singular, third-person], upcrawling [participle, present], upcrawled [participle, past], upcrawled [past]
Etymology: up- + crawl Etymology templates: {{pre|en|up|crawl}} up- + crawl Head templates: {{en-verb}} upcrawl (third-person singular simple present upcrawls, present participle upcrawling, simple past and past participle upcrawled)
  1. (intransitive, poetic, archaic) To crawl upward. Tags: archaic, intransitive, poetic
    Sense id: en-upcrawl-en-verb-GPi9DQgc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with up-

Inflected forms

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