From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get up
v 1: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
[syn: {arise}, {rise}, {uprise}, {get up}, {stand up}]
[ant: {lie}, {lie down}, {sit}, {sit 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: {get up}, {turn out},
{arise}, {uprise}, {rise}] [ant: {bed}, {crawl in}, {go to
bed}, {go to sleep}, {hit the hay}, {hit the sack}, {kip
down}, {retire}, {sack out}, {turn in}]
3: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands";
"Lift a load" [syn: {raise}, {lift}, {elevate}, {get up},
{bring up}] [ant: {bring down}, {get down}, {let down},
{lower}, {take down}]
4: cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
5: develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite" [syn: {work up},
{get 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: {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}] [ant: {dress down}, {underdress}]
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}, {get up}, {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}, {get up}, {mug up}, {swot
up}, {bone}]
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