Search Result for "run_up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. pile up (debts or scores);

2. raise;
- Example: "hoist the flags"
- Example: "hoist a sail"
[syn: hoist, run up]

3. fasten by sewing; do needlework;
[syn: sew, run up, sew together, stitch]

4. accumulate as a debt;
- Example: "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
[syn: chalk up, run up]

5. make by sewing together quickly;
- Example: "run up a skirt"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

run up
    v 1: pile up (debts or scores)
    2: raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" [syn: hoist, run
       up]
    3: fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: sew, run up, sew
       together, stitch]
    4: accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of
       the evening" [syn: chalk up, run up]
    5: make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt"