Meaning

5 senses

  1. (slang, transitive)To take part in sexual acts with.

    I wanna sex you up!

  2. (slang, transitive)To arouse somebody sexually.

    Get spanked: it'll sex you up!

  3. (slang, transitive)To make more sexually attractive.

    Enrique Iglesias sexed up his music video to appeal to a younger audience.

  4. (slang, transitive)To enhance in terms of fashionable appeal.

    How do I sex up my phone?

  5. (slang, transitive)To sensationalize.

More definitions
  • give erotic character to or make more interesting

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Sami asked me a lot of questions about sex growing up.

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  2. Sex takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.

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  3. Ziri and Rima have weeks of sex to make up for.

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Forms

sexes up, sexing up, sexed up, sexed up
Base formsex up · to sex up
3rd person singularsexes up
Present participlesexing up
Past simplesexed up
Past participlesexed up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysex up
he, she, itsexes up

Past simpleLesson

all personssexed up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sexed up
he, she, ithas sexed up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sex up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • give erotic character to or make more interesting:eroticize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sewersexB1sexismB2sexistsext
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