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boarding up

boarding up is the present participle and gerund of board up.

Meaning of board up

Verb

board up (third-person singular simple present boards up, present participle boarding up, simple past and past participle boarded up)

  1. (transitive) To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
    • The metals from Upnor to the boarded-up Tankfield signal box (by a gateless level crossing) were very rarely used.1941 May, J. Ronald Hayton, “The Chattenden & Upnor Narrow-Gauge Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 208

Questions about boarding up

What is boarding up the present participle and gerund of?
Boarding up is the present participle and gerund of board up.

Words near boarding up in the dictionary

  1. boarding school
  2. boarding school syndrome
  3. boarding schools
  4. boarding stable
  5. boarding stables
  6. boarding up
  7. boarding-house
  8. boarding-houses
  9. boarding-master
  10. boarding-masters
  11. boarding-school

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