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MOVE UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move upward
Example:
The mist uprose from the meadows
Synonyms:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "move up" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "move up"):
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)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Move to a better position in life or to a better job
Example:
She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown
Synonyms:
ascend; move up; rise
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "move up" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue move up
