"love up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: loves up [present, singular, third-person], loving up [participle, present], loved up [participle, past], loved up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} love up (third-person singular simple present loves up, present participle loving up, simple past and past participle loved up)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To demonstrate affection (on somebody). Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-love_up-en-verb-X4uFagXw
  2. (transitive, informal) To demonstrate affection for; treat in a loving way. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-love_up-en-verb-beVzPSXv
  3. (transitive, informal) To accept; to love wholeheartedly. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-love_up-en-verb-calqqOS6
  4. (transitive, informal) To make love to. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms (make love to): coitize
    Sense id: en-love_up-en-verb-pIRjTeWh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 36 52 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 12 11 22 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 10 23 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 14 70 Disambiguation of 'make love to': 4 3 2 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: go to bed with, sleep with, copulate with Related terms: loved up, loved-up

Inflected forms

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      "form": "loves up",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, L. Lee Cowan, Except for All the Snakes, I Just Love It Out Here, →ISBN, page 122:",
          "text": "Two or three times a day, I bundle up, put on my boots, go out the front door, sit in Greigg's glider and love up on Cork a bit — he's never far from the door.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Stephanie Perry Moore, Wearing My Halo Tilted, →ISBN:",
          "text": "And I had spent so much great time loving up on my kids.",
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        "To demonstrate affection (on somebody)."
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        "(intransitive, informal) To demonstrate affection (on somebody)."
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Lavonne Ellis, David Crandall, Customer Love, page 57:",
          "text": "Don't just help people, don't just love up your customers, do it in a way that is consistent with your desired position in your community.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "To demonstrate affection for; treat in a loving way."
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        "(transitive, informal) To demonstrate affection for; treat in a loving way."
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Kathy Freston, The Lean, →ISBN, page 111:",
          "text": "Look back at the list several times today, and then a few times a day in the following days, so that you are checking in regularly and loving up your shadow.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To accept; to love wholeheartedly."
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        "(transitive, informal) To accept; to love wholeheartedly."
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          "ref": "2009, Arlene Gorey, My Spanking Diary, page 28:",
          "text": "I was just in my pajamas and slippers, and I blushed because she was looking at me. Then she whispered, \"Take off your jammies, and love me up good, Arlene. Please, I want you to.\"",
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        "To make love to."
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        "(transitive, informal) To make love to."
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      "_dis1": "22 14 29 35",
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          "text": "And I had spent so much great time loving up on my kids.",
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        "To demonstrate affection (on somebody)."
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        "(intransitive, informal) To demonstrate affection (on somebody)."
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        "(transitive, informal) To demonstrate affection for; treat in a loving way."
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        "To accept; to love wholeheartedly."
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        "(transitive, informal) To accept; to love wholeheartedly."
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        "To make love to."
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        "(transitive, informal) To make love to."
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    {
      "sense": "make love to",
      "word": "coitize"
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      "word": "go to bed with"
    },
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      "word": "sleep with"
    },
    {
      "word": "copulate with"
    }
  ],
  "word": "love up"
}

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