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PRONUNCIATION OF GINGER UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GINGER UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ginger up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ginger up in English.

WHAT DOES GINGER UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ginger up in the English dictionary

The definition of ginger up in the dictionary is to enliven.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GINGER UP

PRESENT

Present
I ginger up
you ginger up
he/she/it gingers up
we ginger up
you ginger up
they ginger up
Present continuous
I am gingering up
you are gingering up
he/she/it is gingering up
we are gingering up
you are gingering up
they are gingering up
Present perfect
I have gingered up
you have gingered up
he/she/it has gingered up
we have gingered up
you have gingered up
they have gingered up
Present perfect continuous
I have been gingering up
you have been gingering up
he/she/it has been gingering up
we have been gingering up
you have been gingering up
they have been gingering up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I gingered up
you gingered up
he/she/it gingered up
we gingered up
you gingered up
they gingered up
Past continuous
I was gingering up
you were gingering up
he/she/it was gingering up
we were gingering up
you were gingering up
they were gingering up
Past perfect
I had gingered up
you had gingered up
he/she/it had gingered up
we had gingered up
you had gingered up
they had gingered up
Past perfect continuous
I had been gingering up
you had been gingering up
he/she/it had been gingering up
we had been gingering up
you had been gingering up
they had been gingering up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will ginger up
you will ginger up
he/she/it will ginger up
we will ginger up
you will ginger up
they will ginger up
Future continuous
I will be gingering up
you will be gingering up
he/she/it will be gingering up
we will be gingering up
you will be gingering up
they will be gingering up
Future perfect
I will have gingered up
you will have gingered up
he/she/it will have gingered up
we will have gingered up
you will have gingered up
they will have gingered up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been gingering up
you will have been gingering up
he/she/it will have been gingering up
we will have been gingering up
you will have been gingering up
they will have been gingering up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would ginger up
you would ginger up
he/she/it would ginger up
we would ginger up
you would ginger up
they would ginger up
Conditional continuous
I would be gingering up
you would be gingering up
he/she/it would be gingering up
we would be gingering up
you would be gingering up
they would be gingering up
Conditional perfect
I would have ginger up
you would have ginger up
he/she/it would have ginger up
we would have ginger up
you would have ginger up
they would have ginger up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been gingering up
you would have been gingering up
he/she/it would have been gingering up
we would have been gingering up
you would have been gingering up
they would have been gingering up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you ginger up
we let´s ginger up
you ginger up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to ginger up
Past participle
gingered up
Present Participle
gingering up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GINGER UP

ginger
ginger ale
ginger beer
ginger cake
ginger group
ginger nut
ginger pop
ginger snap
ginger wine
ginger-haired
gingerade
gingerbread
gingerbread man
gingerbread plum
gingerbread tree
gingerbready
gingerliness
gingerly
gingerous
gingerroot

WORDS THAT END LIKE GINGER UP

bear up
butter up
clear up
gear up
get one´s dander up
limber up
liquor up
power up
roar up
snapper up
stir up

Synonyms and antonyms of ginger up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ginger up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GINGER UP

Find out the translation of ginger up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ginger up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ginger up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

姜达
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espabilar
570 millions of speakers

English

ginger up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अदरक ऊपर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزنجبيل تصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

имбирь вверх
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ginger -se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আদা আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gingembre jusqu´à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jahe
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufmuntern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジンジャーアップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생강 까지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jahe munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gừng lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இஞ்சி வரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zıplayın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ginger up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

imbir w górę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

імбир вгору
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ghimbir sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τζίντζερ μέχρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gemmer tot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ingefära upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ingefær opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ginger up

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GINGER UP»

The term «ginger up» is used very little and occupies the 157.899 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GINGER UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ginger up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ginger up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ginger up

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GINGER UP»

Discover the use of ginger up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ginger up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods
If you have a juice ex- tractor, juice a 1-inch slice of ginger and 1⁄4 lemon and add it to 1 cup of hot water; otherwise you will need to chop the ginger up into fine pieces and let it steep in the hot water. For extra flavor, you may want to add 1⁄8 ...
Michael T. Murray, Joseph E. Pizzorno, 2005
2
The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink
Benjamin Disraeli was one of the first to use ginger up in print: 'Whether they were gingered up by the articles in the “Times” or not I can't say' ()—the expression may derive from the practice of putting a piece ofginger into a horse's anus ...
John Ayto, 2012
3
Color of the Heart
After drying her hands, Sara picked Ginger up and carried her outside. Ginger looked around, swiveled her ears, and clenched Sara's arm tightly, scratching Sara. Then Ginger started to hiss. Sara put Ginger down. The kitten's eyes were wide ...
Simin Tirgari, 2011
4
Code Name Ginger: The Story Behind Segway and Dean Kamen's ...
One VC had offended him by demanding 20 percent of Ginger up front, before raising a nickel. But that's the way things were being done at the moment, when VCs expected big bites of up to 50 percent of anything they funded, usually some  ...
Steve Kemper, 2003
5
Beyond the Sangres
Zan, take Ginger up to the north fence and tell the boys to come in for dinner.” “ Can I go too?” asked Will. “I can ride a horse.” “You'll have to ride up behind Zan.” Dinah looked at Zan. “Now don't you go to running Ginger with both of you on her  ...
Wes Brewer, 2005
6
The Adolescent and the Cartel: Intrigue in the Adirondack
I take the rope from Ginger and loop it over the next limb up then I lift Ginger up and set her on it. Thankfully, this limb and most of the rest of the limbs up to the stand are spaced such that I can just step up from one to the other. After I climb up ...
H. Nowland, 2008
7
The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of ...
... common ginger, up to 1 foot long by 3 inches wide, pointed, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, and crowded on the stems. On stalks separate from the leafy ones, and shorter, the dense, almost spherical flower heads, up Zingiber darceyi ing, ...
Thomas H. Everett, 1982
8
Inquiry and Ideological Becoming in First Grade Literature ...
Ginger: (Pause.) Ginger didn't reply. Mrs. Green: What reminds you? Jay look Mrs . Green tried again to drawn in Ginger up. and asked Jay to respect Ginger's voice. Ginger: <Can you come back to me?> Ginger didn't voice her view at this time ...
Elizabeth Yanoff, 2007
9
Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
'ginger group nc (Bnt) a small group of people within a larger group, eg a political party, which tries to make the rest of the group more active and enthusiastic. ginger up vt sep ( inf) to make (a person etc) more active and lively : The leaders of ...
10
Isi Cookbook: Collection of Easy Nigerian Recipes
appendix. e. useful. Kitchen. tips. Ginger. Therapy. 3⁄4 3⁄4 Ginger up! Ginger can spice up a lot of things with ginger. Ginger is a multi-faceted root not only for cooking, but also for therapeutic applications in the home. Two common applications ...
Iswat Badiru, Deji Badiru, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GINGER UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ginger up is used in the context of the following news items.
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HDC Shilla, Hanwha win duty-free bids
... last month, the selection of new duty-free shops was the single largest variable to ginger up business and attract foreign, especially Chinese, ... «The Korea Herald, Jul 15»
2
Fifty Shades of Whatever, I Don't Even Care Anymore, Life Is …
Where do I find a guy like that to stick peeled ginger up my butt?” While part of me feels that no one should subject themselves to the pain of ... «Feministe, Jul 15»
3
Haider Ackermann
Then ginger up the look with some black shades and a ratchet ass cap or both (Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele honey can u hear me?) and u good ... «Style.com, Jun 15»
4
Time is ripe for activists to ginger up boards
Securities regulator, ASIC, has opened the door to shareholder activists, with guidelines confirming institutional investors can talk to each other ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»
5
New '50 Shades of Grey' Book is a 'Diary of a Sex Offender', Say …
"He then imagines what it would be like to shove some peeled ginger up her behind." Meanwhile, BuzzFeed's Scott Bryan pointed out to E.L. ... «iSchoolGuide, Jun 15»
6
Christian Grey Book: The Most Ridiculous Sex Scenes From E.L. …
A chunk of ginger up your nether-regions. We've all been there, haven't we? Huh? No? WHAT? Christian's view on the world's most famous ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»
7
Did Sudan's Omar Bashir flee from arrest In South Africa or…?
... the fact that Bashir wasn't arrested by it on its soil speaks volumes to ginger up action against the ICC's narrow focus on Africa. In a world torn ... «Vibe Ghana, Jun 15»
8
How Not to Become Brian Williams
While it's generally OK for you to progressively ginger up your personal and professional adventures in the retelling at parties, or to exaggerate ... «Politico, Jun 15»
9
Prices of ginger up in some wet markets
MANILA - Ginger prices in some wet markets have gone up from P150-200 to P240 a kilo. According to Agriculture Assistant Secretary Leandro ... «ABS CBN News, Jun 15»
10
Sushi under intense price pressure in Metro Vancouver
A shortage of Chinese ginger last year helped push the price of that familiar neon-coloured spicy-sweet pickled ginger up 75 per cent, ... «Vancouver Sun, May 15»

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