upfloat

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

up- +‎ float

Verb[edit]

upfloat (third-person singular simple present upfloats, present participle upfloating, simple past and past participle upfloated)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To float upward.
    • 1881, Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, Sonnets at the English Lakes, page 26:
      The Robin whistles, gossamers upfloat