"get up" | Definition and Related Words

get up

Verb

Rise to one's feet (synset 201987278)
"The audience got up and applauded"

is a type of: change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture

subtypes: take the floor - stand up to dance

same as: arise, rise, stand up, uprise
Get up and out of bed (synset 200018151)
"I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

same as: arise, rise, turn out, uprise
Raise from a lower to a higher position (synset 201978076)
"Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

causes: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise - move upward

is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
subtypes:
- get up - cause to rise
- jack, jack up - lift with a special device
- shoulder - lift onto one's shoulders
- kick up - cause to rise by kicking
- hoist, lift, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- trice, trice up - raise with a line
- hoist, run up - raise
- hoist - move from one place to another by lifting
- pump - raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
- levitate - cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
- underlay - raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
- skid - elevate onto skids
- pinnacle - raise on or as if on a pinnacle
- chin, chin up - raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
- leaven, prove, raise - cause to puff up with a leaven
- heighten - increase the height of
- boost, hike, hike up - increase
- gather up, lift up, pick up - take and lift upward
- erect, rear - cause to rise up
same as: bring up, elevate, lift, raise
Cause to rise (synset 200018398)
"The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

is a type of: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise - raise from a lower to a higher position
Develop (synset 200096402)
"we worked up an as of an appetite"

is a type of: acquire, develop, get, grow, produce - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

same as: work up
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive (synset 200043880)
"She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

is a type of: dress, get dressed - put on clothes
subtypes:
- dress, plume, preen, primp - dress or groom with elaborate care
- prank - dress up showily
- tart up - dress up in a cheap and provocative way
- enrobe - adorn with a robe
- bedizen, dizen - dress up garishly and tastelessly
same as: 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
verb group:
- dress, dress up - dress in a certain manner
- costume, dress up - dress in a costume
Arrange by systematic planning and united effort (synset 201654986)
"machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

is a type of: initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
subtypes:
- mount, put on - prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- lay - prepare or position for action or operation
- set up - begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
- sandwich - make into a sandwich
- spatchcock - prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock
- embattle - prepare for battle or conflict
same as: devise, machinate, organise, organize, prepare
Study intensively, as before an exam (synset 200607178)
"I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

is a type of: hit the books, study - learn by reading books

same as: bone, bone up, cram, drum, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up

verb group: cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam

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