uprise
Verb
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Come into existence;
Take on form or shape (synset 202630344)"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"is a type of: become - come into existencesubtypes:verb group: develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest -
Ascend as a sound (synset 201994576)
"The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
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Rise up as in fear (synset 201987611)
"The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
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Rise to one's feet (synset 201987278)
"The audience got up and applauded"is a type of: change posture - undergo a change in bodily posturesubtypes: take the floor - stand up to dance
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Come up, of celestial bodies (synset 201974362)
"The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
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Move upward (synset 201972576)
"The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes:
- scend, surge - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
- climb, climb up, go up, mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom - rise rapidly
- go up - be erected, built, or constructed
- rocket, skyrocket - shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
- bubble - rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
- uplift - lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
- chandelle - climb suddenly and steeply
- steam - rise as vapor
- ascend, come up, rise, uprise - come up, of celestial bodies
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Return from the dead (synset 200098524)
"Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"is a type of: return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
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Get up and out of bed (synset 200018151)
"I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
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