Dictionary entry details
• GO UP (verb)
Meaning:
Move upward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
rise; move up; go up; lift; arise; come up; uprise
Context examples:
The fog lifted / The smoke arose from the forest fire / The mist uprose from the meadows
Hypernyms (to "go up" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go up"):
ascend; come up; rise; uprise (come up, of celestial bodies)
steam (rise as vapor)
chandelle (climb suddenly and steeply)
uplift (lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces)
rocket; skyrocket (shoot up abruptly, like a rocket)
go up (be erected, built, or constructed)
soar; soar up; soar upwards; surge; zoom (rise rapidly)
climb; climb up; go up; mount (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)
scend; surge (rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave)
Sentence frames:
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Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Increase in value or to a higher point
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
go up; rise; climb
Context examples:
prices climbed steeply / the value of our house rose sharply last year
Hypernyms (to "go up" is one way to...):
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go up"):
soar (go or move upward)
bull (advance in price)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The stock market is going to go up
Meaning:
Move towards
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
draw near; approach; near; come near; come on; draw close; go up
Context examples:
We were approaching our destination / They are drawing near / The enemy army came nearer and nearer
Hypernyms (to "go up" is one way to...):
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
"Go up" entails doing...:
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go up"):
drive up (approach while driving)
bear down on; bear down upon (sail towards another vessel, of a ship)
edge in; edge up (push one's way into (a space))
close (draw near)
crowd; push (approach a certain age or speed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be erected, built, or constructed
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
New buildings are going up everywhere
Hypernyms (to "go up" is one way to...):
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Go upward with gradual or continuous progress
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
climb up; climb; go up; mount
Context example:
Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
Hypernyms (to "go up" is one way to...):
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go up"):
ride (climb up on the body)
mountaineer (climb mountains for pleasure as a sport)
ramp (creep up -- used especially of plants)
escalade (climb up and over)
scale (climb up by means of a ladder)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
burn down; burn up; go up
Context examples:
The hut burned down / The mountain of paper went up in flames
Hypernyms (to "go up" is one way to...):
burn; combust (undergo combustion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go up"):
incinerate (become reduced to ashes)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Travel up,
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
ascend; go up
Context examples:
We ascended the mountain / go up a ladder / The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope
Hypernyms (to "go up" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go up"):
uprise (ascend as a sound)
come up; rise; rise up; surface (come to the surface)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The airplane is sure to go up
