"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: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 85 15 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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