uprise

uprise
Synonyms and related words:
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, zooming

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  • Uprise — Up*rise , n. The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [R.] [1913 Webster] Did ever raven sing so like a lark, That gives sweet tidings of the sun s uprise? Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Uprise — Up*rise , v. i. 1. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. Uprose the sun. Cowley. [1913 Webster] Uprose the virgin with the morning light. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To have an upward direction or inclination. [1913 Webster] Uprose… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • uprise — c.1300, “stand up; get out of bed; ascend to a higher level,” from UP (Cf. up) + RISE (Cf. rise). Cf. W.Fris. oprize, M.Du. oprisen, Du. oprijzen …   Etymology dictionary

  • uprise — [up rīz′; ] for n. [ up′rīz΄] vi. uprose, uprisen, uprising 1. to get up; rise 2. to move or slope upward; ascend 3. to rise into view, being, or activity 4. to be or become erect or upright 5. to increase …   English World dictionary

  • uprise — I. intransitive verb (uprose; uprisen; uprising) Date: 14th century 1. a. to rise to a higher position b. (1) stand up (2) to get out of bed c. to come into view especially from below the horizon 2. to rise up in sound • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • uprise — upriser, n. v. /up ruyz /; n. /up ruyz /, v., uprose, uprisen, uprising, n. v.i. 1. to rise up; get up, as from a lying or sitting posture. 2. to rise into view: As we approached the city, the spires of tall buildings uprose as if to greet us. 3 …   Universalium

  • uprise — 1. noun The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. 2. verb a) To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. The great sky uprose from this silent sea without a cloud. The stars hung low in its expanse, burning in a violent… …   Wiktionary

  • uprise — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To adopt a standing posture: arise, get up, rise, stand (up), upspring. Idiom: get to one s feet. See RISE …   English dictionary for students

  • uprise — v. n. Ps. vii. 7; pret. ‘upras.’ Ps. cxxxviii. 18; part. ‘uprisynde.’ Alys. 2270 …   Oldest English Words

  • uprise — verb (past uprose; past participle uprisen) archaic or literary rise up …   English new terms dictionary

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