Definitions for uprise

Definitions for (verb) uprise

Main entry: get up, uprise, rise, arise, turn out

Definition: get up and out of bed

Usage: I get up at 7 A.M. every day; They rose early; He uprose at night


Main entry: resurrect, rise, uprise

Definition: return from the dead

Usage: Christ is risen!; The dead are to uprise


Main entry: lift, come up, rise, move up, go up, arise, uprise

Definition: move upward

Usage: The fog lifted; The smoke arose from the forest fire; The mist uprose from the meadows


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: rise, arise, stand up, get up, uprise

Definition: rise to one's feet

Usage: The audience got up and applauded


Main entry: uprise, bristle, stand up

Definition: rise up as in fear

Usage: The dog's fur bristled; It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!


Main entry: uprise

Definition: ascend as a sound

Usage: The choirs singing uprose and filled the church


Main entry: grow, arise, originate, spring up, develop, uprise, rise

Definition: come into existence; take on form or shape

Usage: 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


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