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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. not go to bed;
- Example: "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"
- Example: "We sat up all night to watch the election"
[syn: stay up, sit up]

2. change to an upright sitting position;
- Example: "He sat up in bed"


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sit up v 1: not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election" [syn: stay up, sit up] 2: change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"