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SCEND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave

Example:

the boats surged

Synonyms:

scend; surge

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "scend" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

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