work up (English, verb)
expansion: work up (third-person singular simple present works up, present participle working up, simple past and past participle worked up)
Senses:
glosses: To raise; to excite; to stir up.
glosses: To develop.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To give (a patient) a general medical examination to assess health and fitness.
tags: transitive
glosses: To use up (material, etc.).
tags: obsolete
transitive
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To set at an irksome or needless task.
tags: obsolete
Forms:
form: works up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: working up
tags: participle
present
form: worked up
tags: participle
past
form: worked up
tags: past