[syn: senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
get on
v 1: have smooth relations; "My boss and I get along very well"
[syn: get along with, get on with, get on, get
along]
2: get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) [syn:
board, get on] [ant: get off]
3: get up on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: hop on,
mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on,
bestride] [ant: get off, hop out]
4: grow late or (of time) elapse; "It is getting on midnight--
let's all go to bed!"
5: appear in a show, on T.V. or radio; "The news won't be on
tonight" [syn: get on, be on]
6: develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school";
"My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn:
progress, come on, come along, advance, get on,
get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde,
retrogress]
7: grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--
what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" [syn:
senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate]