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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