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Verbs (40)

get up

v. cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

work up, get up

v. develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"

get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise

v. get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up

v. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate

v. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

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

v. 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"

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Fuzzynyms (81)

raise

v. raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

raise

v. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"

lift, raise

v. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

uplift

v. lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"

heave, heave up, heft, heft up

v. lift or elevate

heave

v. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

boost

v. push or shove upward, as if from below or behind; "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption"

jump, leap, jump off

v. jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

rise, go up, climb

v. increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

v. come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

startle, jump, start

v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

derail, jump

v. run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

hike

v. walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"

disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

jostle, shove

v. come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

shove

v. push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"

thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze

v. press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken

v. stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse

v. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

dawn

v. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

seem

v. appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"

begin, start

v. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

begin

v. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"

emerge

v. become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"

hit, strike

v. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"

stretch, stretch out

v. extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"

cause, do, make

v. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

build

v. found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"

make, create

v. make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

range, array, lay out, set out

v. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"

order

v. bring order to or into; "Order these files"

dress

v. cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width

equip

v. provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer"

cloak

v. cover with or as if with a cloak; "cloaked monks"

Synonyms (3)

bring, convey, take

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

Antonyms (49)

go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire

v. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire

v. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down

v. move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"

contribute, give, chip in, kick in

v. contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"

level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down

v. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

sit

v. serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury"

lie down, lie

v. assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

underdress

v. dress without sufficient warmth; "She was underdressed for the hiking trip and suffered hypothermia"

underdress

v. dress without sufficient warmth; "She was underdressed for the hiking trip and suffered hypothermia"

undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel

v. get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

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