shrub up
C1 neutral inseparable both
In simple words
When an area fills up with small bushes, or when you plant bushes in an area.
Literal meaning: To be covered by shrubs going upward — transparent.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To become covered or overgrown with shrubs.
"The old churchyard had shrubbbed up so much that the gravestones were barely visible."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
A rare, specialist term used in horticulture and landscaping. Can be intransitive (the land shrubbbed up) or transitive (they shrubbbed up the border). Not used in everyday conversation.
Commonly used with
garden hillside border pathway verge land
Forms
Base
shrub up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
shrubs up
he/she/it
Past simple
shrubed up
yesterday
Past participle
shrubed up
have + pp
-ing form
shrubing up
continuous
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