work up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
form or accumulate steadily
Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
Types & categories
- develop hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
develop
we worked up an as of an appetite
Types & categories
- acquire hypernym
Sense 3 verb
bolster or strengthen
We worked up courage
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
Related & opposite
- work up verb group
Sense 4 verb
come up with
His colleagues worked out his interesting idea
Types & categories
- make grow hypernym
Related & opposite
- work out verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | progress |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | build |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | ramp up |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | develop |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | acquire |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | work up |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | work out |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | make grow |