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bunkering up

bunkering up is the present participle and gerund of bunker up.

Meaning of bunker up

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.

Questions about bunkering up

What is bunkering up the present participle and gerund of?
Bunkering up is the present participle and gerund of bunker up.

Words near bunkering up in the dictionary

  1. bunkerer
  2. bunkerers
  3. bunkeresque
  4. bunkering
  5. bunkering out
  6. bunkering up
  7. bunkerings
  8. bunkerish
  9. bunkerless
  10. bunkerlike
  11. bunkerman

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