get up

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: get up

1	v	rise to one's feet
2	v	develop
3	v	put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
4	v	study intensively, as before an exam

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: get up

“The audience got up and applauded”

Antonyms:: sit, sit down
take a seat; lie, lie down
assume a reclining position; sit, sit down
be seated; lie
be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; show more antonyms...

“I get up at 7 A.M. every day”

Antonyms:: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in
prepare for sleep

Antonyms:: bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down
move something or somebody to a lower position

Types:: show 21 types...; hide 21 types...; 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; trice, trice up
hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope; pitch, set up
erect and fasten; cock up, prick, prick up
raise

Type of:: displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Type of:: bring up, elevate, lift, raise
raise from a lower to a higher position

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

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; 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; rerun
rerun a performance of a play, for example

Type of:: initiate, pioneer
take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

Synonyms:: 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

: dress, dress up
dress in a certain manner; costume, dress up
dress in a costume

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; 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

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