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Get up has 9 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

rise to one's feet

"The audience got up and applauded"

2

get up and out of bed

"I get up at 7 A.M. every day"

"They rose early"

"He uprose at night"

3

raise from a lower to a higher position

"Raise your hands"

"Lift a load"

4

cause to rise

"The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

5

develop

"we worked up an as of an appetite"

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"

7

arrange by systematic planning and united effort

"machinate a plot"

"organize a strike"

"devise a plan to take over the director's office"

8

study intensively, as before an exam

"I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

9

To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.

Example Sentences
"The audience got up and applauded" verb
"I get up at 7 A.M. every day" verb
"They rose early" verb
"He uprose at night" verb
"Raise your hands" verb
"Lift a load" verb
"The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M." verb
"we worked up an as of an appetite" verb
"She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera" verb
"The young girls were all fancied up for the party" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
sit lie turn in bed take down dress down underdress
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change posture move raise grow dress initiate study
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
take the floor get up jack shoulder kick up hoist trice pump levitate underlay skid pinnacle chin raise heighten hike pick up rear preen prank tart up enrobe bedizen mount lay set up sandwich spatchcock embattle
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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