Uprise - Definition

v 1: come into existence; take on form or shape; "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" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop,
uprise, spring up, grow]
2: ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the
church"
3: rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight
to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: bristle, uprise, stand
up]
4: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [syn:
arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up] [ant: lie,
lie down, sit, sit down]
5: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun
uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
[syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down,
go under, set]
6: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn:
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up,
uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down]
7: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to
uprise" [syn: resurrect, rise, uprise]
8: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They
rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn out,
arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in, go to
bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip
down, retire, sack out, turn in]