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- to have pain or soreness on such a level that one is unable to get up or move from the couch/bed.
After that party last night, I was so stove up that I could hardly move.
stove up by Trevor Morgan June 7, 2007
Past tense of stave - to jam smash inward
My back is all stove up.
stove up by M. Paul September 20, 2004
Stove or Stoved up.
A rural Northwest saying that means Sick, ill, tired or injured, especially during winter. to the extent that all a person can do is put more wood in the stove in order to stay warm.
Joe is all stove up with a bad chest cold, I should go check on him and cut him some wood.
Stove up by mountain dude January 24, 2014
Swollen and badly bruised. Phrase primarily in rural, folk or country use in the USA. Often used to refer to an eye that is so swollen and black (usually due to a fist punch), it appears closed over.
On COPS, they showed a woman who'd been beaten up by her boyfriend; her face was all stove up.
stove up by david lincoln brooks October 25, 2007
He stove up his truck pretty good. Thing's totalled to shit.

I stove up my face when I landed on the ice.
stove up by bananaquiet March 27, 2022

stone up 

To find some courage.
Dude, quit being a pussy. Just stone up and do it!
stone up by Table 14 Seat 6 June 6, 2018