stove up

verb

To be debilitating or crippling to; to cause suffering to (a person).

“I can't work: the pain in my knee is stoving me up.”

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Meanings

verbstove up (third-person singular simple present stoves up, present participle stoving up, simple past and past participle stoved up)

present singular third person stoves up · participle present stoving up · participle past stoved up · past stoved up

  1. UStransitiveTo be debilitating or crippling to; to cause suffering to (a person).

    I can't work: the pain in my knee is stoving me up.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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