if a noise goes up from a group of people, they all start to make it
if lights go up, especially in a theatre or cinema, they are switched on and gradually become brighter
if something such as a notice or sign goes up somewhere, it is put in a place where people can see it
if the curtain goes up in a theatre, it is raised or opened at the beginning of a performance
to be built
to be long or tall enough to reach a particular higher point or level
to go to a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the beginning of a term (=period of study) or a course of study
to increase
to move to a higher division in a sports league (=a group of teams)
to start burning quickly or explode
to travel to a place that is larger or more important than the place that you are leaving
to travel towards the north
if you give something up as lost, you believe that you will not find it and you stop looking for it
if you give yourself up, you allow yourself to be arrested by the police
to allow someone to have something that was yours
to stop doing something that you are trying hard to do
to stop doing something that you do regularly
to stop thinking or believing something
to use your time for one activity instead of another
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding
To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
To oppress or grievously burden.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
Inharmonious; dissonant.
Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
Dealing with absurdism.
Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
Rational; reasonable; sensible.
Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.
An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.