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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sexy up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (slang, transitive) To make more sexually attractive.
    • She'd come to a party all sexied up and really move it around and drink wine and flirt until midnight came and then she'd lay her scene on whomever was trying to get into her pants[…] 1995 [1963], Richard Brautigan, Revenge of the Lawn; The Abortion; and So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away, page 139:
  2. (broadly, slang, transitive) To otherwise enhance the appearance or appeal of.
    • Back at the remedial Lab, Pacey our neglectful god has skipped this lesson and he decides to scoop up a pretty-looking snail and toss it in the tank to sexy up the atmosphere. 1999, Kathë Tibbs, Biff L. Peterson, They Don't Wanna Wait: The Stars of Dawson's Creek, ECW Press, page 127:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sexied up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sexied up Tense=Past lexicographic
sexying up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sexies up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

sex up