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char up

char up verb: to incinerate (something) by charring.

Verb

char up (third-person singular simple present chars up, present participle charring up, simple past and past participle charred up)

  1. (transitive) To incinerate (something) by charring.
  2. (transitive) To char (slightly burn) (something).

Synonyms of char up

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Forms of char up

third-person singular presentchars up
present participlecharring up
past participlecharred up
pastcharred up

Questions about char up

What does char up mean?
Char up means to incinerate (something) by charring.
What part of speech is char up?
Char up is a verb.
What is the past tense of char up?
The past tense of char up is charred up.

Words near char up in the dictionary

  1. char kway teow
  2. char siew
  3. char siu
  4. char siu bao
  5. char siu baos
  6. char up
  7. char-a-banc
  8. char-boy
  9. char-boys
  10. char-grill
  11. char-grilled

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