Search Result for "come_up":
Wordnet 3.0
VERB (12)
1. bring forth, usually something desirable;
- Example: "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
2. result or issue;
- Example: "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
[syn: arise, come up]
3. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody;
- Example: "He came singing down the road"
- Example: "Come with me to the Casbah"
- Example: "come down here!"
- Example: "come out of the closet!"
- Example: "come into the room"
[syn: come, come up]
4. come to the surface;
[syn: surface, come up, rise up, rise]
5. originate or come into being;
- Example: "a question arose"
[syn: arise, come up, bob up]
6. move upward;
- Example: "The fog lifted"
- Example: "The smoke arose from the forest fire"
- Example: "The mist uprose from the meadows"
[syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise]
7. be mentioned;
- Example: "These names came up in the discussion"
8. start running, functioning, or operating;
- Example: "the lights went on"
- Example: "the computer came up"
[syn: go on, come up, come on]
9. get something or somebody for a specific purpose;
- Example: "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"
- Example: "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"
- Example: "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
[syn: line up, get hold, come up, find]
10. come up, of celestial bodies;
- Example: "The sun also rises"
- Example: "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
- Example: "Jupiter ascends"
[syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend]
11. gather (money or other resources) together over time;
- Example: "She had scraped together enough money for college"
- Example: "they scratched a meager living"
[syn: scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up]
12. gather or bring together;
- Example: "muster the courage to do something"
- Example: "she rallied her intellect"
- Example: "Summon all your courage"
[syn: muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up]
