Definition: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
Usage: go up a ladder; The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope
Main entry: move up, rise, ascend
Definition: move to a better position in life or to a better job
Usage: She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
Main entry: come up, uprise, rise, ascend
Definition: come up, of celestial bodies
Usage: The sun also rises; The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...; Jupiter ascends
Main entry: ascend
Definition: slope upwards
Usage: The path ascended to the top of the hill
Main entry: ascend
Definition: go along towards (a river's) source
Usage: The boat ascended the Delaware
Definition: appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
Usage: the vine climbed up the side of the house
Main entry: ascend
Definition: become king or queen
Usage: She ascended to the throne after the King's death
Main entry: ascend
Definition: go back in order of genealogical succession
Usage: Inheritance may not ascend linearly