Upride

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(rare, transitive) to ride up (all senses).

Example Sentences

But the storm abates — uprides the moon Like a ship upon the sea: Now on, my steeds! […]

Through her sky-field insensibly she glides Among her star-flowers blooming in the night, Of all their crowd unconscious, till the hour When, as young Morn uprides […]

Then gently uprode Gawain, And he spurred not his steed to gallop, nor conflict nor strife he sought […]

[…] so shaping or tonguing the back and front lower borders of the bandage over the pelvic crest and sacral regions that the napkin can be easily pinned upon it and by its downward draw tend to prevent the inclination of the binder to upride.

As it is forced down, the arms, normally crossed over the chest, are caught on the pelvis and made to upride alongside the head.

Whilst we were thus talking, there came up another youth of tenderer age, but of no less gracious mien, who bore news of the arrival of his father who had returned from overlooking his estate. And with that uprode the father himself followed by a groom and another servitor, also on horseback; and he dismounted and straightway came up the stair.

If the tip of the trochanter is upridden, then the lines will converge on that side.

Synonyms for upride

Antonyms for upride

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Word Forms

• uprides
• upriding
• uprode
• upridden

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