ascend

Verb
  1. Travel up (synset 201973223)
    "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes:
    same as: go up
  2. Go back in order of genealogical succession (synset 202757326)
    "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
    is a type of: date back, date from, go back - belong to an earlier time
  3. Become king or queen (synset 202386713)
    "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
    is a type of: accede, enter - take on duties or office
  4. Appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils (synset 202109935)
    "the vine climbed up the side of the house"
    same as: climb up
  5. Go along towards (a river's) source (synset 202107299)
    "The boat ascended the Delaware"
    is a type of: follow, travel along - travel along a certain course
  6. Slope upwards (synset 202041317)
    "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
    is a type of: incline, pitch, slope - be at an angle
  7. Come up, of celestial bodies (synset 201974362)
    "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
    referred to in: astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
    is a type of: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise - move upward
    same as: come up, rise, uprise
  8. Move to a better position in life or to a better job (synset 201973786)
    "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    same as: move up, rise

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