Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To make or become more lively.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put life into; enliven; make more brisk; rouse: generally with up: as, to
liven up a fire, or a despondent person. - To become lively or more lively; generally with up: as, he livened up a bit after dinner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to make lively; -- sometimes used with up.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive and intransitive To cause to be more
lively .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make lively
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Examples
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I have a few ideas of how to again liven up the place.
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I have a few ideas of how to again liven up the place.
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Most controversially, it calls on scriptwriters to "liven" the language used to describe safer sex in order to give credibility to storylines.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Most controversially, it calls on scriptwriters to "liven" the language used to describe safer sex in order to give credibility to storylines.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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We say: For all this recent newspaper-talk of us living in "boring times", he's certainly set to liven things up.
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: let's hope the impending move to New York will liven things up.
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Losing Murphy is a blow to the Oscars which has struggled to liven up its image amid a general decline in its TV ratings over the last couple of decades and a rush of awards shows that appeal to younger crowds, such as the MTV Movie Awards.
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He could liven up the Kitchen forum while Rolly's kitchen is closed! ms mac
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Gangster mockumentary on a recently released convict that looks to cult cameos to liven the formula Tulisa, Derek Acorah, etc.50th anniversary reissue for gangs of New York musical.
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This should liven up the nights where not much is happening.
I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here 2011: launch night liveblog 2011
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