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walling up

walling up is the present participle and gerund of wall up.

Meaning of wall up

Verb

wall up (third-person singular simple present walls up, present participle walling up, simple past and past participle walled up)

  1. (transitive) To seal with a wall.
    • They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.

Questions about walling up

What is walling up the present participle and gerund of?
Walling up is the present participle and gerund of wall up.

Words near walling up in the dictionary

  1. wallies
  2. Wallin
  3. walling
  4. walling in
  5. walling off
  6. walling up
  7. walling wax
  8. Wallingantism
  9. Wallingat
  10. Wallingford
  11. Wallingfords

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