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uprise
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Verb uprise has 8 senses
- uprise(v = verb.stative) arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up - come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" is one way to become
- uprise(v = verb.motion) Array - ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church" is one way to ascend, go up
- uprise(v = verb.motion) bristle, stand up - rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!" Sample sentence:
- uprise(v = verb.motion) arise, get up, rise, stand up - rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" is one way to change posture
- uprise(v = verb.motion) ascend, come up, rise - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" is one way to arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
- uprise(v = verb.motion) arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
- uprise(v = verb.body) resurrect, rise - return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" is one way to return
- uprise(v = verb.body) arise, get up, rise, turn out - get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
uprise, v. i.
- To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. Cowley. [1913 Webster]"Uprose the virgin with the morning light." [1913 Webster]
- To have an upward direction or inclination. [1913 Webster]"Uprose the mystic mountain range." [1913 Webster]
uprise, n.
The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [1913 Webster]
"Did ever raven sing so like a lark,
That gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise?" [1913 Webster]
That gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise?" [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
uprise
Olympian heights, abruptness, acclivity, acme, aerial heights, anabasis, apex, arise, ascend, ascension, ascent, bank, bristle, buss the clouds, cant, careen, clamber, climb, climbing, cock up, come up, curl upwards, decline, descend, dip, dizzy heights, drop, elevation, eminence, escalade, ether, fall, fall away, fall off, fountain, get up, go downhill, go up, go uphill, grade, gradient, grow, grow up, gush, gyring up, heaven, heavens, height, heights, incline, increase, jet, jump, jump up, keel, lean, leap, levitate, levitation, lift, list, loom, mount, mounting, pile out, pitch, precipitousness, raise, rake, ramp, rear, rear up, retreat, rise, rise up, rising, rising ground, rocketing up, roll out, saltation, shelve, shoot up, shooting up, sidle, sit bolt upright, sit up, sky, slant, slope, soar, soaring, spiral, spire, spout, spring, spurt, stand on tiptoe, stand up, steep, steepness, stick up, stratosphere, surge, swag, swarm up, sway, sweep up, takeoff, taking off, tilt, tip, tower, turn out, up, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrow, upgrowth, upheave, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprear, uprisal, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upspin, upspring, upstream, upsurge, upsurgence, upswarm, upsweep, upswing, upwind, vantage ground, vantage point, vault, vertical height, verticalness, zenith, zoomingROGET THESAURUS
uprise
Ascent
VB ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise, go up, get up, work one's way up, start up, shoot up, go into orbit, float up, bubble up, aspire, climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade, surmount, shin, shinny, shinney, scale, scale the heights, raise, elevate, go aloft, fly aloft, tower, soar, take off, spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards, hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge, leap.
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