work up

• POS: Verb (transitive)

THESAURUS

work up

Pap test, aggravate, agitate, anatomic diagnosis, annoy, arouse, arrange, awake, awaken, beat, beat up, biological diagnosis, biopsy, blow the coals, blow up, breed, bristle, calculate, call forth, call up, cast, cause, chafe, churn, churn up, clinical diagnosis, concert, contrive, convulse, cut out, cytodiagnosis, design, devise, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, digital examination, disarrange, discompose, disquiet, disturb, electrocardiography, electroencephalography, electromyography, embitter, engender, enkindle, enrage, examination, exasperate, excite, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame, feed the fire, ferment, figure, fire, flame, flurry, foment, forecast, frame, frenzy, fret, get up, hatch, heat, heat up, huff, impassion, incense, incite, induce, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intend, irritate, key up, kindle, laboratory diagnosis, lather up, lay plans, light the fuse, light up, madden, make a projection, make arrangements, mammography, methodize, miff, move, muster up, nettle, occasion, oral examination, organize, overexcite, paddle, peeve, perturb, perturbate, physical diagnosis, physical examination, pique, plan, plan ahead, postmortem diagnosis, prearrange, produce, program, project, provoke, put up to, rally, rankle, rationalize, rile, ripple, roil, roughen, rouse, ruffle, rumple, schedule, schematize, serodiagnosis, set astir, set fire to, set on, set on fire, set up, shake, shake up, shape, sic on, smear, steam up, stir, stir the blood, stir the embers, stir the feelings, stir up, study, summon up, swirl, systematize, test, tickle, trouble, turn on, upset, urinalysis, uroscopy, vex, wake, wake up, waken, warm, warm the blood, whet, whip, whip up, whisk, work into, work out

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work up

Use

VB use, make use of, employ, put to use, put in action, put in operation, put in practice, set in motion, set to work, ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate, play, play off, exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to, take up with, take advantage of, lay one's hands on, try, render useful, mold, turn to account, turn to use, convert to use, utilize, work up, call into play, bring into play, put into requisition, call forth, draw forth, press into service, enlist into the service, bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose of, make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of, fall back upon, make a shift with, make the most of, make the best of, use up, swallow up, consume, absorb, expend, tax, task, wear, put to task.

Excitation

VB excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect, stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood, set astir, wake, awake, awaken, call forth, evoke, provoke, raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up, raise, get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir, fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame, stimulate, exsuscitate, inspirit, spirit up, stir up, work up, pique, infuse life into, give new life to, bring new blood, introduce new blood, quicken, sharpen, whet, work upon, hurry on, give a fillip, put on one's mettle, fan the fire, fan the flame, blow the coals, stir the embers, fan into a flame, foster, heat, warm, foment, raise to a fever heat, keep up, keep the pot boiling, revive, rekindle, rake up, rip up, stir the feelings, play on the feelings, come home to the feelings, touch a string, touch a chord, touch the soul, touch the heart, go to one's heart, penetrate, pierce, go through one, touch to the quick, possess the soul, pervade the soul, penetrate the soul, imbrue the soul, absorb the soul, affect the soul, disturb the soul, absorb, rivet the attention, sink into the mind, sink into the heart, prey on the mind, distract, intoxicate, overwhelm, overpower, bouleverser, upset, turn one's head, fascinate, enrapture, agitate, perturb, ruffle, fluster, shake, disturb, startle, shock, stagger, give one a shock, give one a turn, strike all of a heap, stun, astound, electrify, galvanize, petrify, irritate, sting, cut to the heart, cut to the quick, try one's temper, fool to the top of one's bent, pique, infuriate, madden, make one's blood boil, lash into fury, be excited, flush up, flare up, catch the infection, thrill, mantle, work oneself up, seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave, run mad.