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lushing up

lushing up is the present participle and gerund of lush up.

Meaning of lush up

Verb

lush up (third-person singular simple present lushes up, present participle lushing up, simple past and past participle lushed up)

  1. (rare) To make lush
    • Warm rain and a south-west wind, lushing up the young grass in his meadows, and breathing gently upon the pear and the plum blossom!1927, Warwick Deeping, Doomsday, page 45

Questions about lushing up

What is lushing up the present participle and gerund of?
Lushing up is the present participle and gerund of lush up.

Words near lushing up in the dictionary

  1. lushies
  2. lushiest
  3. Lushih
  4. lushing
  5. lushing it up
  6. lushing up
  7. lushings
  8. Lushington
  9. Lushingtons
  10. lushly
  11. lushness

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