perks (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of perk (up)
1
as in brightens
to become glad or hopeful we perked up once the sun came out

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2
as in lifts
to move from a lower to a higher place or position the dog tilts her head and perks up her ears whenever someone speaks to her

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perks (up)
  1. brightens
  2. lifts
  3. looks up
  4. raises
  5. elevates
Verb
  • Your 7th House of Partnership brightens as the nurturing Moon conjoins romantic Venus, encouraging fairer exchanges in close relationships.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
  • Your 1st House of Identity brightens as the dynamic Sun in your sign squares structuring Saturn in your 10th House of Career.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2026
Definition of brightens
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  • Pear and white-peach notes meet the prawn’s sweetness, and grapefruit lifts the broth.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Joyous Jupiter lifts your 9th House of Travel and Learning, while elusive Neptune inspires your 5th House of Creativity.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
Definition of lifts
Verb
  • Alfred looks up from his digestif to see the very much not dead Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) sitting across the table from Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway).
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • On June 30, Perry rewore one of the looks up for charity while performing at Cardiff Castle in Cardiff, Wales.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of looks up
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  • That raises concerns about how organizations secure environments used for model development, testing, and evaluation.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
  • But that usually happens before a company gains substantial traction and raises a significant amount of money.
    — Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of raises
Verb
  • Sticking with our Porsche analogy, that elevates the Emira perilously close to 911 territory.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
  • The agentic infrastructure handles technical data synthesis and manual execution, while the team's responsibility elevates entirely to high-level verification, exception handling and strategic sign-off.
    — Gargi Ray, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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