earth up

verb

To cover the stem or leaves of plants with soil, as to encourage root growth or protect from cold.

“Earth up a potato crop several times during the season to encourage more tubers to grow.”

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land up
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Meanings

verbearth up (third-person singular simple present earths up, present participle earthing up, simple past and past participle earthed up)

present singular third person earths up · participle present earthing up · participle past earthed up · past earthed up

  1. transitiveagricultureTo cover the stem or leaves of plants with soil, as to encourage root growth or protect from cold.

    Earth up a potato crop several times during the season to encourage more tubers to grow.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbblock with earth, as after a landslide

Similar
land up
Broader
obstructobturateimpede
Also see
land up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan calçar
  • calçarcover with soil
Dutch aanaarden
  • aanaardencover with soil
Esperanto ĵosi
  • ĵosicover with soil
German anhäufeln
  • anhäufelncover with soil
Māori ahuahu, whakaeke
  • ahuahucover with soil
  • whakaekecover with soil
  • kānoticover with soil
  • tokitokicover with soil
Polish pokrywać ziemią, pokryć ziemią
  • pokrywać ziemiącover with soil
  • pokryć ziemiącover with soil
Spanish acollar
  • acollarcover with soil
Swedish kupa
  • kupacover with soil
Cite this entry
APA

earth up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earth%20up

MLA

“earth up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earth%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earth up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earth%20up.

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