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pilling up

pilling up is the present participle and gerund of pill up.

Meaning of pill up

Verb

pill up (third-person singular simple present pills up, present participle pilling up, simple past and past participle pilled up)

  1. (intransitive) To become thoroughly pilled (to form small matted balls of fiber).
  2. (intransitive) To flake off the skin.
  3. (intransitive) To use drugs in pill form (a small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication).

Questions about pilling up

What is pilling up the present participle and gerund of?
Pilling up is the present participle and gerund of pill up.

Words near pilling up in the dictionary

  1. pillies
  2. pilliest
  3. Pilliga
  4. pilliness
  5. pilling
  6. pilling up
  7. pillings
  8. pillion
  9. pillioned
  10. pillioning
  11. pillionist

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