Dictionary entry details
• UPRISE (verb)
Meaning:
Come into existence; take on form or shape
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
arise; originate; spring up; uprise; develop; grow; rise
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "uprise" is one way to...):
become (come into existence)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "uprise"):
swell; well up (come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things))
come; follow (to be the product or result)
come forth; emerge (happen or occur as a result of something)
resurge (rise again)
head (take its rise)
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Ascend as a sound
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The choirs singing uprose and filled the church
Hypernyms (to "uprise" is one way to...):
ascend; go up (travel up,)
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Rise up as in fear
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bristle; uprise; stand up
Context examples:
The dog's fur bristled / It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Rise to one's feet
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
get up; stand up; arise; rise; uprise
Context example:
The audience got up and applauded
Hypernyms (to "uprise" is one way to...):
change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "uprise"):
take the floor (stand up to dance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Come up, of celestial bodies
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
uprise; ascend; come up; rise
Context examples:
The sun also rises / The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled... / Jupiter ascends
Hypernyms (to "uprise" is one way to...):
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Move upward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
go up; move up; rise; lift; arise; uprise; come up
Context examples:
The fog lifted / The smoke arose from the forest fire / The mist uprose from the meadows
Hypernyms (to "uprise" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "uprise"):
scend; surge (rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave)
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)
Sentence frames:
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Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Return from the dead
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
resurrect; uprise; rise
Context examples:
Christ is risen! / The dead are to uprise
Hypernyms (to "uprise" is one way to...):
come back; get back; go back; return (come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity)
Sentence frames:
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Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Get up and out of bed
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
get up; arise; uprise; rise; turn out
Context examples:
I get up at 7 A.M. every day / They rose early / He uprose at night
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
"Whiskey on beer, never fear. Beer on whiskey, mighty risky." (English proverb)
"Good remains are nice to have." (Breton proverb)
"The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue." (Arabic proverb)
"Clothes make the man." (Dutch proverb)
