come up
v 1: bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee
came up with some interesting recommendations"
2: occur; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
[syn: arise]
3: move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach
something or somebody; "He came singing down the road";
"Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out
of the closet!"; "come into the room" [syn: come] [ant:
go]
4: come to the surface [syn: surface, rise up, rise]
5: originate or come into being; "aquestion arose" [syn: arise,
bob up]
6: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise,
lift, arise, move up, go up, uprise] [ant: descend]
7: be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"
8: start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went
on"; "the computer came up" [syn: go on, come on]
[ant: go off]
9: get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found
this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got
hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman
got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent
letter" [syn: line up, get hold, find]
10: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun
uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
[syn: rise, uprise, ascend] [ant: set]
11: gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She
had scraped together enough money for college" [syn: scrape,
scrape up]
12: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do
something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your
courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, muster up]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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