earth up

verb

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

Example Sentences

Or if solar panels could provide the juice that pushes petroleum trapped deep into the earth up to the surface?

From The Daily Beast

The 1999 twister caused the fastest wind speed ever recorded on Earth up to that time: 318 miles per hour.

From The Daily Beast

For the enemy were so mad that they tumbled the earth up and down, and would suffer no Corn to grow.

From Project Gutenberg

So, when he went out next morning, the Princesses stood out of the earth up to their waists.

From Project Gutenberg

They lift the earth up, instead of pressing it downwards, thus loosening instead of compacting the soil.

From Project Gutenberg

I had to climb over some rubbish of stones and earth up another staircase, and found myself in a large city of ruins.

From Project Gutenberg

The stick sank in the earth up to its handle without meeting with any resistance.

From Project Gutenberg