Uprise (Verb)
Meaning 1
Return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
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".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
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Meaning 4
Get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Synonyms
Meaning 5
Ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- Soft music uprose from the violins and enchanted the audience.
- As the conductor raised his baton, the sweet melody uprose and swelled through the concert hall.
- The angelic voice uprose above the chorus, echoing through the vast cathedral.
- A murmur uprose from the crowd, a mix of whispers and sighs, in response to the tragic news.
- A whimsical tune uprose from the flute, dancing on the wind and weaving a sense of mystique.
Hypernyms
Meaning 6
Rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
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Meaning 7
Move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
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Meaning 8
Rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The eerie howl sent shivers down her spine, making her hair uprise in fear.
- It was a sight to make one's hair uprise, the monstrous creature emerging slowly from the darkness.
- As the ghostly figure floated towards him, his hair began to uprise, as if alive.
- Her fur uprose, bristling with every snap of the twig under his foot.
- Witnessing the horrors of the haunted house made his hair uprise on end in sheer terror.