aloft
upways
upraising
rising
lift
raise
upreach
arise
rise
come up
move up
up a height
uprise
go up
aerial lift
upwardly
up
ascend
ascendant
upkindle
climb
highering
upsoar
aerial
ana-
sursum-
ascent
raising
sublevation
essorant
rear
cloudward
uphaul
airward
upbristling
airwards
stay
upquiver
elevated
upbelch
upfurl
urvant
upspurt
uplifted
overhand
upbid
uphill
uplong
A.
upscatter
overpeer
elevation
uplead
acclivitous
upbrim
upsurging
hyperelevated
upblast
upturned
scend
over-
bove
aboon
upfling
upwhirl
upshoved
upbearing
heavenwards
upgoing
ascendingly
upsend
kick up
upspread
upthrust
upturning
ascendantly
elevatingly
uparching
upwheel
soaring
upshoot
uppy
sublevate
rising
up a height
up
ascendant
highering
aerial
essorant
cloudward
upbristling
stay
elevated
urvant
uplifted
overhand
A.
uphill
acclivitous
hyperelevated
upturned
aboon
upshoved
soaring
uppy
aloft
upways
upwardly
airward
airwards
uphill
aboon
heavenwards
ascendingly
ascendantly
elevatingly
upraising
aerial lift
ascent
raising
sublevation
lift
upspurt
upbid
A.
upscatter
elevation
upsurging
aboon
upbearing
upgoing
upturning
uparching
rising
rise
lift
raise
upreach
arise
rise
come up
move up
uprise
go up
ascend
upkindle
climb
upsoar
rear
uphaul
upquiver
upbelch
upfurl
overpeer
uplead
upbrim
upblast
upspurt
scend
upfling
upwhirl
upsend
kick up
upspread
upthrust
upwheel
upshoot
sublevate
upbid
adv
noun
verb
- move upwards
- move upward
- rise up
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- make audible
- cancel officially
- make off with belongings of others
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- invigorate or heighten
- raise in rank or condition
- take off or away by decreasing
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- take illegally
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- put an end to
- remove (hair) by scalping
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- remove from a surface
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
noun
- the event of something being raised upward
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- a ride in a car
- the act of raising something
verb
- move upwards
- raise the level or amount of something
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- look after a child until it is an adult
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- construct, build, or erect
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- raise in rank or condition
- increase the level of
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bet more than the previous player
- cause to assemble or enlist in the military
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- activate or stir up
- establish radio communications with
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- invigorate or heighten
- put an end to
- cause to become alive again
noun
verb
verb
- move upward
- rise up
- increase in value or to a higher point
- rise to one's feet
- come to the surface
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- move to a better position in life or to a better job
- go up or advance
- become more extreme
- get up and out of bed
- rise in rank or status
- become heartened or elated
- exert oneself to meet a challenge
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- increase in volume
- come up, of celestial bodies
- return from the dead
noun
- a movement upward; rise above the ground
- a growth in strength or number or importance
- the act of changing location in an upward direction
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the amount a salary is increased
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- an increase in cost
- increase in price or value
verb
- move upward
- bring forth, usually something desirable
- result or issue
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- come to the surface
- originate or come into being
- be mentioned
- start running, functioning, or operating
- get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- come up, of celestial bodies
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- gather or bring together
noun
- An instance of soaring upward.
- A transport system that moves cabins, cars, gondolas or open chairs above the ground by means of one or more cables strung between supporting towers.
- A device for raising people and/or equipment by means of a bucket or platform attached to a boom or expanding scissors-style supports.
adj
- Facing upwards.
- Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Traveling towards a major terminus.
- At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
- Aloft.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Functional; working.
- Raised; lifted.
- Above the horizon, in the sky.
- well-known; renowned
- Awake and out of bed.
- Willing; ready.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Finished, to an end
- On or at a physically higher level.
- Chilled and served without ice.
- Erect.
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Well-informed; current.
- In a good mood.
- Built, constructed.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- Riding the horse; mounted.
- Standing; upright.
- Next in a sequence.
verb
- To upload.
- To physically raise or lift.
- To increase the level or amount of.
- To promote.
- To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
prep
- From south to north of.
- At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- Of a man: having sex with.
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
- Toward the top of.
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- To or from one's possession or consideration.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- In a positive vertical direction.
- North.
- Against the wind or current.
- To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- Without additional ice.
- Relatively close to the batsman.
noun
verb
- To go up.
- To slope in an upward direction.
- To become higher in pitch.
- To move upward, to fly, to soar.
- To succeed.
- To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
- To lose one's virginity, especially of a man through unpaid and consensual sexual intercourse with a woman.
- To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
adj
noun
- Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendancy.
- An ancestor.
- A royal heir assuming (a place of power).
- The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
- Ascent; height; elevation.
verb
verb
- To ascend; rise; to go up.
- To mount; to move upwards on.
- To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
- to jump high
- Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
- To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
- to practise the sport of climbing
- To scale; to get to the top of something.
noun
verb
adj
- Positioned high up; elevated.
- Above the ground
- Living or taking place in the air.
- Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
- Made up of air or gas; gaseous.
- Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.
- Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
noun
prefix
noun
- The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
- An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
- The ascender height in a typeface.
- The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness
- The way or means by which one ascends.
- An eminence, hill, or high place.
noun
- Elevation.
- Collection or gathering, especially of money.
- Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity
- The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
- A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
- The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- Recruitment.
- The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
- The substance used to make bread rise.
- The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
verb
- rise up
- stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
- look after a child until it is an adult
- cause to rise up
- construct, build, or erect
noun
- the back of a military formation or procession
- the side of an object that is opposite its front
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
adj
verb
adj
- Steep; ascending.
- Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
- Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
- (of a roof) Steeply pitched.
verb
- To live; reside
- To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
- To brace or support with a stay or stays
- To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- To continue to have a particular quality.
- To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
- To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
- To hold the attention of.
- To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- To tack; put on the other tack.
adv
noun
- A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
- A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
- A corset.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
- A prop; a support.
- A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
- A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
verb
verb
verb
adj
adj
- Done from below upward.
- Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.
- Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
- With the working part on top of the standing part.
- Laid such that the surface of the wall to be jointed is on the opposite side of the wall from the mason, requiring the mason to lean over the wall to complete the work.
verb
noun
adv
noun
- alto
- apprentice
- absorbance; absorbancy
- accusative case
- amphibian
- attack
- August
- author
- automobile
- application
- Amos, the book of
- adjutant
- accumulator
- acre; acres
- Angstrom
- ana; anna
- April
- anode
- answer
- artificer
- air branch
- atomic weight
- associate; association
- academy; academician
- age; aged
- airman
- assault, as on a badge
- air
- administration
- admiral
- alfa
- amateur
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- Artillery
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- address
- adult
- acid
- aircraft; airplane
- article
- Atlantic
- arctic
- army
- accommodation
- America; Americanization
- ambassador
adj
- alto
- amphibious
- avancé (fast)
- Asian
- asked
- Australian
- arterial
- auxiliary
- adjusted
- asymmetric
- accepted
- astragal
- anterior
- American
- arctic
- approved
- atomic
- Absolute
- absent
verb
prep
adv
noun
- the event of something being raised upward
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- a raised or elevated geological formation
- distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
- (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
- drawing of an exterior of a structure
- the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
adj
verb
verb
prep
verb
adj
verb
- To move sharply upward.
- To function improperly, to show signs of disorder, (of an illness) to flare up.
- To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
- To make more exciting.
- To raise, to increase (a price).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up.
- To pass something up a hierarchy or chain of command.
- To show anger (about something).
- To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).
verb
noun
noun
verb
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