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bunker up

bunker up verb: to fuel up a ship, or sometimes other modes of conveyance.

Verb

bunker up (third-person singular simple present bunkers up, present participle bunkering up, simple past and past participle bunkered up)

  1. (intransitive) To fuel up a ship, or sometimes other modes of conveyance.
  2. (intransitive) To bunker down; to build or stock a bunker.

Forms of bunker up

third-person singular presentbunkers up
present participlebunkering up
past participlebunkered up
pastbunkered up

Questions about bunker up

What does bunker up mean?
Bunker up means to fuel up a ship, or sometimes other modes of conveyance.
What part of speech is bunker up?
Bunker up is a verb.
What is the past tense of bunker up?
The past tense of bunker up is bunkered up.

Words near bunker up in the dictionary

  1. bunker fuels
  2. Bunker Hill
  3. bunker oil
  4. bunker oils
  5. bunker out
  6. bunker up
  7. bunker-busting
  8. bunkerage
  9. bunkered
  10. bunkered out
  11. bunkered up

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