Meanings
verbupswim (third-person singular simple present upswims, present participle upswimming, simple past upswam, past participle upswum)
present singular third person upswims · participle present upswimming · past upswam · participle past upswum
- ambitransitivepoeticTo 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
Origin
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upswim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upswim
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“upswim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upswim. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upswim,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upswim.
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