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English verb: get up | |||
| 1. | get up (motion) rise to one's feet | ||
| Samples | The audience got up and applauded. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue get up | ||
| Synonyms | arise, rise, stand up, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change posture | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | take the floor | ||
| Antonyms | lie down, sit down, sit, lie | ||
| 2. | get up (body) get up and out of bed | ||
| Samples | I get up at 7 A.M. every day. They rose early. He uprose at night. | ||
| Synonyms | arise, rise, turn out, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Antonyms | crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in, bed, retire | ||
| 3. | get up (motion) raise from a lower to a higher position | ||
| Samples | Raise your hands. Lift a load. | ||
| Examples | The men get up the chairs | ||
| Synonyms | bring up, elevate, lift, raise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | boost, chin, chin up, erect, gather up, get up, heighten, hike, hike up, hoist, hoist, hoist, jack, jack up, kick up, leaven, levitate, lift, lift up, pick up, pinnacle, prove, pump, raise, rear, run up, shoulder, skid, trice, trice up, underlay, wind | ||
| Cause | arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise | ||
| Antonyms | bring down, let down, lower, take down, get down | ||
| 4. | get up (body) cause to rise | ||
| Samples | The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M.. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise | ||
| 5. | get up (body) develop | ||
| Samples | We worked up an as of an appetite. | ||
| Synonyms | work up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, develop, get, grow, produce | ||
| 6. | get up (body) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | ||
| Samples | She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera. The young girls were all fancied up for the party. | ||
| Synonyms | attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dress, get dressed | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bedizen, dizen, dress, enrobe, plume, prank, preen, primp, tart up | ||
| Verb group | costume, dress, dress up, dress up | ||
| Antonyms | dress down, underdress | ||
| 7. | get up (creation) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | ||
| Samples | Machinate a plot. Organize a strike. Devise a plan to take over the director's office. | ||
| Synonyms | devise, machinate, organise, organize, prepare | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | initiate, pioneer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | embattle, lay, mount, put on, sandwich, set up, spatchcock | ||
| 8. | get up (cognition) study intensively, as before an exam | ||
| Samples | I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam. | ||
| Synonyms | bone, bone up, cram, drum, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit the books, study | ||
| Verb group | cram | ||
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