ascend
1. travel up, "We ascended the mountain" (Freq. 3)
- go up a ladder
- The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope
• Syn:
go up
• Ant:
descend
• Derivationally related forms:
ascendable, ascensive, ascendant, ascension, ascent, ascender
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
surface, come up, rise up, rise, uprise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- The airplane is sure to ascend
2. go back in order of genealogical succession
- Inheritance may not ascend linearly
• Hypernyms:
go back, date back, date from
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. become king or queen
- She ascended to the throne after the King's death
• Derivationally related forms:
ascendancy
• Hypernyms:
accede, enter
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
4. appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
- the vine climbed up the side of the house
• Syn:
climb up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. go along towards (a river's) source
- The boat ascended the Delaware
• Hypernyms:
follow, travel along
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. slope upwards
- The path ascended to the top of the hill
• Derivationally related forms:
ascensive, ascendent, ascendant, ascent, ascender
• Hypernyms:
slope, incline, pitch
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
7. come up, of celestial bodies
- The sun also rises
- The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
- Jupiter ascends
• Syn:
rise, come up, uprise
• Ant:
set (for: rise)
• Derivationally related forms:
ascendent, ascension, rise (for: rise)
• Topics:
astronomy, uranology
• Hypernyms:
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up,
come up, uprise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
8. move to a better position in life or to a better job
• Syn:
move up, rise
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
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