Antonyms for hike up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : hahyk |
Phonetic Transcription : haɪk |
- abandon
- abbreviate
- abridge
- appear
- belittle
- castigate
- censure
- collect
- compress
- concentrate
- conclude
- condemn
- condense
- contract
- criticize
- curtail
- cut
- debase
- decline
- decrease
- deduct
- degrade
- demolish
- demote
- denounce
- deplete
- deprecate
- depress
- descend
- destroy
- detach
- diminish
- disapprove
- discourage
- disdain
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disperse
- dispirit
- dissuade
- distress
- divide
- drop
- fall
- finish
- gather
- give
- halt
- humble
- humiliate
- hurt
- ignore
- impose
- impoverish
- keep
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- miniaturize
- narrow
- neglect
- play down
- push down
- raze
- receive
- reduce
- remove
- repress
- reproach
- scatter
- separate
- set down
- shame
- shorten
- shrink
- simplify
- slump
- soften
- soothe
- spurn
- stop
- subtract
- summarize
- suppress
- take
- trouble
- undermine
- upset
- weaken
- withdraw
- worsen
Definition of hike up
Origin :- 1809, hyke "to walk vigorously," an English dialectal word of unknown origin. A yike from 1736 answers to the sense.
- HIKE, v. to go away. It is generally used in a contemptuous sense. Ex. "Come, hike," i.e. take yourself off; begone. [Rev. Robert Forby, "The Vocabulary of East Anglia," London, 1830]
- Sense of "pull up" (as pants) first recorded 1873 in American English, and may be a variant of hitch; extended sense of "raise" (as wages) is 1867. Related: Hiked; hiking. The noun is from 1865.
- As in lift : verb move upwards; ascend
- As in magnify : verb enlarge, intensify
- As in raise : verb increase, augment
- As in add : verb adjoin, increase; make further comment
- As in upraise : verb elevate
- As in uprear : verb elevate
- As in aggrandize : verb cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
- As in elevate : verb lift up
- As in enrich : verb improve, embellish
- As in amplify : verb increase in size or effect
- Yuh gotta get up yer nerve an' hike up there to the brownstone with it.'
- Extract from : « Diane of the Green Van » by Leona Dalrymple
- Give my job to the little Wheatly girl, and tell her to quit writing poetry, and hike up her dress in the back.
- Extract from : « In Our Town » by William Allen White
- They would all hike up the mountain trail, all save one, and89 see Devil's Pool up there.
- Extract from : « Tom Slade at Black Lake » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- The Spindrifters resumed their hike up the main street and came upon a hard-goods store.
- Extract from : « The Pirates of Shan » by Harold Leland Goodwin
- Then you hike up to the Syndicate camp an' is thicker'n thieves with the boss.
- Extract from : « Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps » by James B. Hendryx
- See what kind of a farm he lives on, and if it's any good we'll hike up there next summer and strip the apple trees.
- Extract from : « Roy Blakely, Pathfinder » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- We got enough money for a month's grub an' ammunition, an' we hike up the Klondike to the back country.
- Extract from : « Smoke Bellew » by Jack London
- I say, let's have a swim; the tide is nice and high, and then rest up and eat some crackers and hike up to the party.
- Extract from : « Pee-Wee Harris Adrift » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- Besides, he thought I was bringing a boy, who would not mind the hike up the hill!
- Extract from : « Kit of Greenacre Farm » by Izola Forrester
Synonyms for hike up
- acclaim
- add
- adorn
- advance
- affix
- aggrandize
- aggravate
- ameliorate
- amplify
- annex
- ante
- append
- applaud
- arise
- aspire
- assemble
- augment
- bear aloft
- beef up
- better
- bless
- blow up
- boost
- bring up
- build
- build up
- buoy up
- charge up
- climb
- collect
- come up
- commend
- congregate
- congress
- continue
- cue in
- cultivate
- decorate
- deepen
- develop
- dignify
- dilate
- disappear
- disperse
- dissipate
- distend
- distinguish
- draw up
- elaborate
- elevate
- endow
- enhance
- enlarge
- ennoble
- erect
- escalate
- eulogize
- exaggerate
- exalt
- expand
- expatiate
- extend
- fetch up
- figure in
- flesh out
- forgather
- form
- gather
- get
- glorify
- goose
- goose up
- grace
- heat up
- heave
- heft
- heighten
- hike
- hike up
- hitch on
- hoist
- honor
- hook on
- hook up with
- hop up
- hype
- include
- increase
- inflate
- intensate
- intensify
- jack up
- jazz up
- join together
- jump
- jump up
- lengthen
- levitate
- levy
- lift
- look up
- magnify
- make rich
- mass
- mobilize
- mount
- move up
- multiply
- mushroom
- muster
- obtain
- ornament
- pad
- parlay
- perk up
- pick up
- piggyback
- plug into
- poise
- pour it on
- praise
- promote
- pump
- put up
- pyramid
- raise
- raise high
- rally
- ramp
- rear
- recruit
- redouble
- refine
- reinforce
- rendezvous
- reply
- rise
- rouse
- run up
- say further
- send through the roof
- shoot up
- slap on
- snowball
- soar
- soup up
- speed up
- spike
- step up
- stilt
- strengthen
- stretch
- supplement
- sweeten
- swell
- tack on
- tag
- take up
- tilt
- up
- upgrade
- upheave
- uphold
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- vanish
- widen
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