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MOVE UP

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move upwardplay

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 jobplay

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

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