Source : WordNet®
get up
v 1: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
[syn: {arise}, {rise}, {uprise}, {stand up}] [ant: {sit
down}, {lie 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: {turn out}, {arise},
{uprise}, {rise}] [ant: {go to bed}, {go to bed}]
3: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands";
"Lift a load" [syn: {raise}, {lift}, {elevate}, {bring up}]
[ant: {lower}]
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}]
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: {dress up}, {fig out}, {fig up}, {deck up}, {gussy
up}, {fancy up}, {trick up}, {deck out}, {trick out}, {prink},
{attire}, {rig out}, {tog up}, {tog out}, {overdress}]
[ant: {dress down}]
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}, {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}, {mug up}, {swot up}, {bone}]