(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ a campaign or event, you organize it and make it take place.
...a security operation ~ed by the army.
= organize
VERB: V n
2.
If something ~s, it increases in intensity.
For several hours, tension ~ed...
There was ~ing concern in her voice.
= rise
VERB: V, V-ing
3.
If something ~s, it increases in quantity.
The uncollected garbage ~s in city streets...
He ignored his ~ing debts.
VERB: V, V-ing
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To ~ up means the same as to ~ .
Her medical bills ~ed up.
PHRASAL VERB: V P
4.
If you ~ the stairs or a platform, you go up the stairs or go up onto the platform. (FORMAL)
Llewelyn was ~ing the stairs up into the keep...
VERB: V n
5.
If you ~ a horse or cycle, you climb on to it so that you can ride it.
A man in a crash helmet was ~ing a motorbike...
He went to the small stable where his horse was, harnessed it, ~ed, and rode out to the beach.
= get on
VERB: V n, V
6.
If you ~ an object on something, you fix it there firmly.
Her husband ~s the work on velour paper and makes the frame...
...a specially ~ed horse shoe.
VERB: V n on n, V-ed, also V n
-~ed
...a wall-~ed electric fan.
COMB in ADJ
7.
If you ~ an exhibition or display, you organize and present it.
The gallery has ~ed an exhibition of art by Irish women painters.
= put on, stage
VERB: V n
8.
Mount is used as part of the name of a ~ain.
...Mount Everest.
N-IN-NAMES
9.
see also ~ed