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Definition of Get up
1. Verb. Rise to one's feet. "Sam and Sue get up"; "The audience got up and applauded"
Specialized synonyms: Take The Floor
Generic synonyms: Change Posture
Antonyms: Lie Down, Sit Down
Derivative terms: Rise, Riser
2. Verb. Get up and out of bed. "Sam and Sue get up"; "He uprose at night"
Antonyms: Go To Bed, Turn In
Derivative terms: Rise, Riser
3. Verb. Raise from a lower to a higher position. "The men get up the chairs"; "Lift a load"
Specialized synonyms: Jack, Jack Up, Shoulder, Kick Up, Hoist, Lift, Wind, Trice, Trice Up, Hoist, Run Up, Hoist, Pump, Levitate, Underlay, Skid, Pinnacle, Chin, Chin Up, Leaven, Prove, Raise, Heighten, Boost, Hike, Hike Up, Gather Up, Lift Up, Pick Up, Erect, Rear
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Causes: Arise, Come Up, Go Up, Lift, Move Up, Rise, Uprise
Derivative terms: Elevation, Elevation, Elevation, Elevator, Lift, Lift, Lift, Lift, Lift, Lift, Lift, Lifter, Raise, Raise
Also: Lift Up
Antonyms: Lower
4. Verb. Cause to rise. "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
5. Verb. Develop. "We worked up an as of an appetite"
6. Verb. Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive. "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
Specialized synonyms: Dress, Plume, Preen, Primp, Prank, Tart Up, Enrobe, Bedizen, Dizen
Related verbs: Dress, Dress Up, Costume, Dress Up
Generic synonyms: Dress, Get Dressed
Derivative terms: Attire, Getup, Rigout
Also: Dress
Antonyms: Dress Down, Underdress
7. Verb. Arrange by systematic planning and united effort. "Devise a plan to take over the director's office"
Generic synonyms: Initiate, Pioneer
Specialized synonyms: Mount, Put On, Lay, Set Up, Sandwich, Spatchcock, Embattle
Derivative terms: Deviser, Devising, Machination, Organisation, Organisation, Organization, Organization, Organization, Preparative
8. Verb. Study intensively, as before an exam. "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
Related verbs: Cram
Generic synonyms: Hit The Books, Study
Derivative terms: Crammer, Crammer, Swot
Definition of Get up
1. Verb. (literally) To move in an upwards direction; to ascend or climb. ¹
2. Verb. To rise from one's bed (often implying to wake up) ¹
3. Verb. To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up. ¹
4. Verb. To materialise; to grow stronger. ¹
5. Verb. To bring together, amass. ¹
6. Verb. To gather or grow larger by accretion. ¹
7. Verb. (sports) To go towards the attacking goal. ¹
8. Verb. (UK Australia colloquial) To criticise. ¹
9. Verb. (colloquial) To annoy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Get Up
Literary usage of Get up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Ballads and Songs by Louise Pound (1922)
"110 WHAT WILL YOU GIVE ME IF I get up? "What will you give me if I get up,, If
I get up, if I get up? What will you give me if I get up. If I get up today? ..."
2. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"My powder being exhausted, I was obliged to get up (to my shame as a sportsman
be it spoken, though well able to kill, birds on the wing) and halloo till ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"He did not know the object of the cavalry to be to enable the constables to get
up to serve a warrant. If any such communication of their object had been ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"get up everything that can be spared. I will bring up all I can, and will be up
on Tuesday, if not sooner. ..."
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