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Uprise| Verb | 1. | uprise - come into existence; take on form or shape; "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"develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"; become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration" resurge - rise again; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years" come, follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" well up, swell - as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things; "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" head - take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas" | | | 2. | uprise - ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"ascend, go up - travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" | | | 3. | uprise - rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!" | | | 4. | uprise - rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" | | | 5. | uprise - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole | | | 6. | uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell" scend, surge - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" climb, climb up, go up, mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" go up - be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere" uplift - lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town" chandelle - climb suddenly and steeply; "The airplane chandelled" uprise, ascend, come up, rise - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" | | | 7. | uprise - return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"resurrect, upraise, raise - cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" | | | 8. | uprise - get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" | |
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