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verb · intransitive · rare

upclose

upclose · upcloses · upclosed · upclosing

To close upTo close up.

Meaning

1 senses

(poetic)To close up.
a. 1843, unknown author (initialled N. P. S.), "Lines to an Alabaster Sarcophagus" Some pious Thebans, when the storm was past, / Upclosed the sepulchre with cunning skill.

Origin

From up- + close.

From up- + close.

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Forms

upcloses, upclosing, upclosed, upclosed

Base form	upclose · to upclose
3rd person singular	upcloses
Present participle	upclosing
Past simple	upclosed
Past participle	upclosed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	upclose
he, she, it	upcloses

Past simpleLesson

all persons

upclosed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have upclosed
he, she, it	has upclosed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will upclose

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

upA2 upbeat upcoming updateB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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