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uprise

DEFINITIONS OF: uprise

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v move upward

“The mist uprose from the meadows”
Synonyms:
arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise
Antonyms:
come down, descend, fall, go down
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
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scend, surge
rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
climb, climb up, go up, mount
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom
rise rapidly
go up
be erected, built, or constructed
rocket, skyrocket
shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
bubble
rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
uplift
lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
chandelle
climb suddenly and steeply
steam
rise as vapor
ascend, come up, rise
come up, of celestial bodies
scale
climb up by means of a ladder
escalade
climb up and over
ramp
creep up -- used especially of plants
mountaineer
climb mountains for pleasure as a sport
billow, wallow
rise up as if in waves
ride
climb up on the body
Type of:
go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

v rise to one's feet

Synonyms:
arise, get up, rise, stand up
Antonyms:
sit, sit down
take a seat
lie, lie down
assume a reclining position
sit, sit down
be seated
lie
be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
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Types:
take the floor
stand up to dance
Type of:
change posture
undergo a change in bodily posture

v get up and out of bed

“He uprose at night”
Synonyms:
arise, get up, rise, turn out
Antonyms:
bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in
prepare for sleep

v rise up as in fear

“It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!”
Synonyms:
bristle, stand up

v come up, of celestial bodies

“The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...”
Synonyms:
ascend, come up, rise
Antonyms:
go down, go under, set
disappear beyond the horizon
Type of:
arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise
move upward

v ascend as a sound

“The choirs singing uprose and filled the church”
Type of:
ascend, go up
travel up, "We ascended the mountain"

v come into existence; take on form or shape

“An interesting phenomenon uprose”
Synonyms:
arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up
develop
be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
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resurge
rise again
come forth, emerge
happen or occur as a result of something
come, follow
to be the product or result
swell, well up
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
head
take its rise
break
come forth or begin from a state of latency
Type of:
become
come into existence

v return from the dead

“The dead are to uprise”
Synonyms:
resurrect, rise
raise, resurrect, upraise
cause to become alive again
Type of:
return
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
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