get up (
http://definr.com/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, 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]