Upcrawl

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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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