Definition of Uprise

Verb

  • get up and out of bed
    "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"
    "They rose early"
    "He uprose at night"
    - get up - turn out
  • return from the dead
    "Christ is risen!"
    "The dead are to uprise"
  • move upward
    "The fog lifted"
    "The smoke arose from the forest fire"
    "The mist uprose from the meadows"
    - move up - go up - come up
  • come up, of celestial bodies
    "The sun also rises"
    "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
    "Jupiter ascends"
    - come up
  • rise to one's feet
    "The audience got up and applauded"
    - get up - stand up
  • rise up as in fear
    "The dog's fur bristled"
    "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
    - stand up
  • ascend as a sound
    "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
  • 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"
    - spring up
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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Unscramble uprise

93 unscramble word found using the letters uprise.
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