Home › Words › U › upcloseupcloseupclose means to close up.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, upclose ranks #32,522 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom up- + close.verbTo close up.e.g.“My pains are otherwise: upclosing cramps / And stiffened tendons from this country's damps.” — 1909, Thomas Hardy, Panthera:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).