upclose
See also: up close
English
Etymology
up- + close
Verb
upclose (third-person singular simple present upcloses, present participle upclosing, simple past and past participle upclosed)
- (poetic) To close up.
- 1909, Thomas Hardy, Panthera
- My pains are otherwise: upclosing cramps / And stiffened tendons from this country's damps.
- 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.
- 1909, Thomas Hardy, Panthera
Anagrams
- close up, close-up, closeup, couples, culpeos, opuscle