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reel up

reel up verb: to put onto a reel; to completely reel.

Verb

reel up (third-person singular simple present reels up, present participle reeling up, simple past and past participle reeled up)

  1. (transitive) To put onto a reel; to completely reel.

Forms of reel up

third-person singular presentreels up
present participlereeling up
past participlereeled up
pastreeled up

Questions about reel up

What does reel up mean?
Reel up means to put onto a reel; to completely reel.
What part of speech is reel up?
Reel up is a verb.
What is the past tense of reel up?
The past tense of reel up is reeled up.

Words near reel up in the dictionary

  1. reel oven
  2. reel ovens
  3. reel pull
  4. reel to reel tape
  5. reel to reel tapes
  6. reel up
  7. reel-pot
  8. reel-pots
  9. reel-to-reel
  10. reel-to-reel tape
  11. reel-to-reel tape recorder

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