Present tense -ing form past tense past participle

Open up

open up & opens up opening up opened up opened up

1. open ...up p.v. When youopen something up, you reveal what is inside so that people can see it.

Sofiaopened the boxup and looked inside.

Mike's going toopen up his computer to try to find the problem.

2. open ... up p.v. When youopen a room or buildingup, you unlock or open the doors so that people can enter.

The office closes at 12:00 for lunch andopens backup at 1:00.

The manager was late and didn'topen up the store until 10:30.

3. open ... up p.v. When a new business starts, itopens up or isopened upby someone.

/ was driving through town, and I noticed that a new book store hasopened upon Maple Street.

Jimmy wants toopen up a restaurant near the new office building.

Put together

put together & puts together putting together put together put together

1. put... together p.v. When you assemble the parts of something, youput it together. Put together is the opposite oftake apart.

Sally got a bicycle for her birthday, and her fatherput ittogether after dinner.

It was easy taking my car's engine apart,but putting it backtogether was a lot harder.

2. put... together p.v. When you organize some ideas, plans, or suggestions in order to show them to someone or discuss them with someone, youputthemtogether.

Mr. and Mrs. Flores want to redecorate their house, so they asked an interior designer toput some ideastogether.

I have an interesting idea for a new business, and I'mputting together a proposal.

3. put... together p.v. When you position people or things so that they are close to each other or touching, youput themtogether.

The teacher told Timmy and Mike toput their deskstogether so they could work on their project.

When you plan your dinner party seating arrangement,put Heather and Jimmytogether.

Shut off

shut off & shuts off shutting off shut off shut off

1. shut... off p.v. When youshut off an electrical or mechanical device, you cut the power going to it so that it stops operating.Turn off andswitch off are similar to shut off.

Timmy's mother told him toshut off the TV and go to bed.

I'm freezing. Would youmindshutting the air conditioneroff?

shut off part.adj. After youshut off an electrical or mechanical device, it isshut off. Turned off andswitched off are similar toshut off.

Well, no wonder it's so cold in here — the heat'sshut off.

shutoff n. When youshut off something, or when somethingshuts off, this action is ashutoff. When youshut off something, you use theshutoff switch, button, valve, and so on.

The electricity shutoff lasted twenty minutes.

In case of emergency, turn thisshutoff valve here.

Start up

start up & starts up starting up started up started up

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1. start ...up p.v. When an electrical or mechanical devicestarts up or someone starts itup, it begins to operate.

My car's engine died at a red light, and it wouldn'tstart up again.

You push this button here tostart the computerup.

start-up n. When youstart up something, or somethingstarts up, this action is a start-up. When youstart up something, you use thestart-up switch, button, and soon.

Tostart the computerup, push thisstart-up button.

If your computer's hard disk crashes, you can use a floppy as thestart-up disk.

2. start... up p.v. When youstart up a new business or company, you take the steps necessary to begin a new business or company.

You should have a detailed business plan beforestarting a businessup.

Jane borrowed the money she needed tostart up her business from her uncle.

start-up n. A start-up orstart-up business or company is a new business or company.

Most start-up businesses aren't successful.

Date: 2016-04-22; view: 960