"liven up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: livens up [present, singular, third-person], livening up [participle, present], livened up [participle, past], livened up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} liven up (third-person singular simple present livens up, present participle livening up, simple past and past participle livened up)
  1. (transitive) To improve a person's mood by making them more energetic Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Happiness Translations (improve a person's mood): beoigh suas (Irish), приободрить (priobodritʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-liven_up-en-verb-qEBV9eBZ Disambiguation of Happiness: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 92 8 Disambiguation of "improve a person's mood": 98 2
  2. (intransitive) To become more happy, energetic or positive Tags: intransitive Translations (become more happy): приободриться (priobodritʹsja) (Russian), leva upp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-liven_up-en-verb-NVm6d95y Disambiguation of 'become more happy': 3 97

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