Complete Definition of "get up"

English

Verb
en-verb|inf=to get up|gets up|getting up|got up|(UK) got up, (US) gotten up

  1. (literally) To move in an upwards direction; to ascend or climb.

#: ''I'm having difficulty getting up the stairs.

  1. To rise from one's bed.

#: I didn't get up until midday.

  1. To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up.

#: Get up off the couch and clean this mess!

  1. To materialise; to grow stronger.

#: As dusk fell a storm got up.

  1. To bring together, amass.

#: The general got up a large body of men.

  1. To gather or grow larger by accretion.

#: The locomotive got up a good head of steam.
#: I could see that he was getting up a temper.

Synonyms
rise
stand up

Antonyms
go to bed
sit down

Translations
trans-top|to rise from one's bed
Czech: vstát
German: aufstehen, sich erheben
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Afrikaans: opstaan
Danish: stå op
Finnish: nousta ylös
French: se lever
Irish: éirigh
Italian: levarsi
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Norwegian: stå opp
Portuguese: levantar-se
Spanish: levantarse
Swedish: gå upp
Turkish: kalkmak, yataktan kalkmak
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See also
getup

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