English verb: run up | |||
1. | run up (change) pile up (debts or scores) | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up | ||
2. | run up (contact) raise | ||
Samples | Hoist the flags. Hoist a sail. | ||
Synonyms | hoist | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise | ||
3. | run up (contact) fasten by sewing; do needlework | ||
Synonyms | sew, sew together, stitch | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fasten, fix, secure | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | backstitch, baste, cast off, cast on, fell, finedraw, gather, hem, hemstitch, overcast, overcast, pucker, resew, retick, tack, tick, tuck | ||
Entail | conjoin, join | ||
4. | run up (possession) accumulate as a debt | ||
Samples | He chalked up $100 in the course of the evening. | ||
Synonyms | chalk up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | owe | ||
5. | run up (creation) make by sewing together quickly | ||
Samples | Run up a skirt. | ||
Examples | They run up the cape | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sew, tailor, tailor-make | ||