1. (verb) arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up
rise to one's feet
"The audience got up and applauded"
2. (verb) get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise
get up and out of bed
"I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
3. (verb) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
raise from a lower to a higher position
"Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
4. (verb) get up
cause to rise
"The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
5. (verb) work up, get up
develop
"we worked up an as of an appetite"
6. (verb) overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out
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"
7. (verb) organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
arrange by systematic planning and united effort
"machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
8. (verb) cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone
study intensively, as before an exam
"I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
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