Synonyms of the word scend


SCENDARISE - LIFT - RISE - SURGE - UPRISE

scend

  • n. The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge.

arise

  • v. To come up from a lower to a higher position.
  • v. To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
  • v. To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin…

lift

  • n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
  • n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To steal. (for this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic…
  • v. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.).
  • v. (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
  • v. (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
  • v. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  • v. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
  • v. (obsolete) To bear; to support.
  • v. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
  • v. (computing, programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
  • n. An act of lifting or raising.
  • n. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
  • n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between…
  • n. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
  • n. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated…
  • n. (historical slang) A thief.
  • n. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
  • n. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
  • n. an improvement in mood.
  • n. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
  • n. A rise; a degree of elevation.
  • n. A lift gate.
  • n. (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or…
  • n. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
  • n. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
  • n. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

rise

  • v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
  • v. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
  • v. To begin; to develop.
  • v. (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
  • v. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
  • v. To come; to offer itself.
  • v. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any…
  • n. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
  • n. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
  • n. (chiefly Britain) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
  • n. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
  • n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
  • n. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
  • n. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it;…
  • n. (informal) An angry reaction.
  • n. Alternative form of rice (“twig”).

surge

  • n. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
  • n. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
  • n. (electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
  • n. (nautical) The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
  • n. (obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
  • n. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
  • v. (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
  • v. To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.

uprise

  • v. (archaic) To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
  • v. (archaic) To have an upward direction or inclination.
  • v. To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
  • n. The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.

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