Upcrawl
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To crawl upward. archaic, intransitive, poetic
"Behold his venal brain bared to our gaze, / See the base thoughts which worm-like there upcrawl, / Countless and teeming from their burrow's maze; […]"
Example
More examples"Behold his venal brain bared to our gaze, / See the base thoughts which worm-like there upcrawl, / Countless and teeming from their burrow's maze; […]"
Etymology
From up- + crawl.
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