verb
- Move upward.
- usage: "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
- Increase in value or to a higher point.
- usage: "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
- Move towards.
- usage: "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
- Be erected, built, or constructed.
- usage: "New buildings are going up everywhere"
- Go upward with gradual or continuous progress.
- usage: "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house"
- Burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire.
- usage: "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"
- (v.) ().
- synonyms: ascend
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