ascending

1. Moving or going or growing upward (synset 302493886)
   "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
   also: up - being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
   similar to:

   • acclivitous, rising, uphill - sloping upward
   • ascendant, ascendent, ascensive - tending or directed upward
   • assurgent - growing or extending upward
   • assurgent - rising from the sea
   • scandent - used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb
   • highflying - moving upward or along at a considerable height
   • up, upward - extending or moving toward a higher place

1. The act of changing location in an upward direction (synset 100325210)
   is a type of: motion, move, movement - the act of changing location from one place to another
   subtypes:

   • levitation - the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means
   • heave, heaving - the act of lifting something with great effort
   • climb, mount - the act of climbing something
   • soar, zoom - the act of rising upward into the air
   same as: ascension, ascent, rise

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