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LIVEN UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liven up mean? 

LIVEN UP (verb)
  The verb LIVEN UP has 1 sense:

1. make livelyplay

  Familiarity information: LIVEN UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIVEN UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make lively

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

animate; enliven; invigorate; liven; liven up

Context example:

let's liven up this room a bit

Hypernyms (to "liven up" is one way to...):

arouse; brace; energise; energize; perk up; stimulate (cause to be alert and energetic)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "liven up"):

ginger up; jazz up; juice up; pep up (make more interesting or lively)

inspirit; spirit; spirit up (infuse with spirit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to liven up Sue


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