"plug up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: plugs up [present, singular, third-person], plugging up [participle, present], plugged up [participle, past], plugged up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} plug up (third-person singular simple present plugs up, present participle plugging up, simple past and past participle plugged up)
  1. (transitive) To put a plug or bung into something; to interrupt the flow of. Tags: transitive Translations (to put a plug into something): φράσσω (phrássō) (Ancient Greek), calc (Irish), заби́ть (zabítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), заку́порить (zakúporitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-plug_up-en-verb-gkSJjC6W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'to put a plug into something': 96 4
  2. (transitive) To reinforce something weak. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-plug_up-en-verb-zVXpC8ip

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To put a plug or bung into something; to interrupt the flow of."
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        "(transitive) To reinforce something weak."
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        "(transitive) To reinforce something weak."
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      "sense": "to put a plug into something",
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    }
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}

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