Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To wrap up in a parcel.

  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive)To combine into a single compact entity.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. She's just been to the post office to pick her parcel up.

    deSie war gerade bei der Post, um ihr Paket abzuholen.

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  2. He tied the parcel up.

    deEr band das Paket zu.

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Forms

parcels up, parceling up, parceled up, parceled up
Base formparcel up · to parcel up
3rd person singularparcels up
Present participleparceling up
Past simpleparceled up / parcelled up
Past participleparceled up / parcelled up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyparcel up
he, she, itparcels up

Past simpleLesson

all personsparceled up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave parceled up
he, she, ithas parceled up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill parcel up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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