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verb

(tr, adverb) to cover (part of a plant, esp the stem) with soil in order to protect from frost, light, etc

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Words nearby earth up

earth smoke, earthstar, earth station, earth tone, earth tongue, earth up, earthward, earthwards, earth wave, earth wax, earthwoman

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How to use earth up in a sentence

Or if solar panels could provide the juice that pushes petroleum trapped deep into the earth up to the surface?
Renewables Can Make Fossil Fuel More Efficient|The Daily Beast|May 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The 1999 twister caused the fastest wind speed ever recorded on Earth up to that time: 318 miles per hour.
Moore, Oklahoma, May Be the Tornado Capital of America|Eliza Shapiro|May 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For the enemy were so mad that they tumbled the earth up and down, and would suffer no Corn to grow.
The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth|Lewis H. Berens
So, when he went out next morning, the Princesses stood out of the earth up to their waists.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon|Peter Christen Asbjrnsen

They lift the earth up, instead of pressing it downwards, thus loosening instead of compacting the soil.
The Elements of Agriculture|George E. Waring
I had to climb over some rubbish of stones and earth up another staircase, and found myself in a large city of ruins.
The Harlequin Opal, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Fergus Hume
The stick sank in the earth up to its handle without meeting with any resistance.
Historical Miniatures|August Strindberg