Synonyms: get up
Definition: cause to rise
Usage: The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M.
Similar words: lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate
Definition: raise from a lower to a higher position
Usage: Raise your hands; Lift a load
Synonyms: trick out, trick up, tog out, tog up, prink, rig out, dress up, deck out, deck up, attire, overdress, get up, gussy up, fig out, fig up, fancy up
Definition: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
Usage: She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera; The young girls were all fancied up for the party
Similar words: get dressed, dress
Definition: put on clothes
Usage: we had to dress quickly; dress the patient; Can the child dress by herself?
Definition: develop
Usage: we worked up an as of an appetite
Similar words: grow, get, acquire, produce, develop
Definition: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Usage: He grew a beard; The patient developed abdominal pains; I got funny spots all over my body; Well-developed breasts
Synonyms: bone, bone up, grind away, get up, drum, cram, swot, swot up, mug up
Definition: study intensively, as before an exam
Usage: I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
Similar words: hit the books, study
Definition: learn by reading books
Usage: He is studying geology in his room; I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now
Synonyms: get up, devise, machinate, prepare, organise, organize
Definition: arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Usage: machinate a plot; organize a strike; devise a plan to take over the director's office
Similar words: initiate, pioneer
Definition: take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
Usage: This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants
Synonyms: lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate
Definition: raise from a lower to a higher position
Usage: Raise your hands; Lift a load
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: rise, arise, stand up, get up, uprise
Definition: rise to one's feet
Usage: The audience got up and applauded
Similar words: change posture
Definition: undergo a change in bodily posture