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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (8)

1. rise to one's feet;
- Example: "The audience got up and applauded"
[syn: arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up]

2. get up and out of bed;
- Example: "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"
- Example: "They rose early"
- Example: "He uprose at night"
[syn: get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise]

3. raise from a lower to a higher position;
- Example: "Raise your hands"
- Example: "Lift a load"
[syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up]

4. cause to rise;
- Example: "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

5. develop;
- Example: "we worked up an as of an appetite"
[syn: work up, get up]

6. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;
- Example: "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"
- Example: "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
[syn: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out]

7. arrange by systematic planning and united effort;
- Example: "machinate a plot"
- Example: "organize a strike"
- Example: "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
[syn: organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate]

8. study intensively, as before an exam;
- Example: "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
[syn: cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

get up
    v 1: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
         [syn: arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up]
         [ant: lie, lie down, sit, sit down]
    2: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They
       rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn out,
       arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in, go to
       bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip
       down, retire, sack out, turn in]
    3: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands";
       "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up,
       bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let down,
       lower, take down]
    4: cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
    5: develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite" [syn: work up,
       get up]
    6: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
       attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the
       opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
       [syn: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck
       up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick
       out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog
       out] [ant: dress down, underdress]
    7: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate
       a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the
       director's office" [syn: organize, organise, prepare,
       devise, get up, machinate]
    8: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my
       Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind
       away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot
       up, bone]