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parcel up

parcel up verb: to wrap up in a parcel.

Verb

parcel up (third-person singular simple present parcels up, present participle (US) parceling up or (UK) parcelling up, simple past and past participle (US) parceled up or (UK) parcelled up)

  1. (transitive) To wrap up in a parcel.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To combine into a single compact entity.

Forms of parcel up

third-person singular presentparcels up
present participle USparceling up
present participle UKparcelling up
past participle USparceled up
past USparceled up
past participle UKparcelled up
past UKparcelled up

Questions about parcel up

What does parcel up mean?
Parcel up means to wrap up in a parcel.
What part of speech is parcel up?
Parcel up is a verb.
What is the past tense of parcel up?
The past tense of parcel up is parceled up.

Words near parcel up in the dictionary

  1. parcel post
  2. parcel posts
  3. parcel shelf
  4. parcel tape
  5. parcel tapes
  6. parcel up
  7. parcel-poet
  8. parcel-poets
  9. parcelation
  10. parcelations
  11. parcelcopter

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