Meanings
verbupwheel (third-person singular simple present upwheels, present participle upwheeling, simple past and past participle upwheeled)
present singular third person upwheels · participle present upwheeling · participle past upwheeled · past upwheeled
- intransitivepoeticTo 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
Origin
- Englishup-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
- Proto-Germanic*hweulō
- Old Englishhwēol
- Middle Englishwhel
- Englishwheel
- Englishupwheel
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APA
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MLA
“upwheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upwheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upwheel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upwheel.
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