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muffling up

muffling up is the present participle and gerund of muffle up.

Meaning of muffle up

Verb

muffle up (third-person singular simple present muffles up, present participle muffling up, simple past and past participle muffled up)

  1. (dated) to clothe; to wrap up in clothing
    • Excuse me, Madam, [for she looked hard at me,] that I am muffled up in this warm weather.1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

Questions about muffling up

What is muffling up the present participle and gerund of?
Muffling up is the present participle and gerund of muffle up.

Words near muffling up in the dictionary

  1. muffles up
  2. muffleth
  3. Muffley
  4. Muffleys
  5. muffling
  6. muffling up
  7. mufflings
  8. mufflon
  9. mufflons
  10. muffly
  11. muffs

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