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(v)
(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
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(n)
Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
(transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.
To mention.
(transitive) To promote, put onto a higher level.
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
(intransitive) To move upwards.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
(transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
(adj)
Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
(transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
(transitive, usually formal or humorous) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
(ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
(transitive) To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
(transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
(UK, Ireland, slang) To gain influence over by corrupt means or intimidation.
(transitive) To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
(transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.
(transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.
A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves.
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
(transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
(transitive, slang) To eat or consume greedily.
The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
Alternative form of facelift. [Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of aging.]
(countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
a type of ski lift where skiers are towed along the ground.
A device that transports skiers up a mountain.
An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
Someone or something which rises.
To augment or make something greater.
Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
The act of ascending; an ascent.
An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.
(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved.
To position or be positioned physically:
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
The act by which something is hoisted.
Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
(transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
The act by which something is overcome, or surmounted.
(transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
The process by which something is upgraded.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive) To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
(transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
The terminal point of something in space or time.
(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
(intransitive) To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
(transitive) To create.
(relational) Of or affecting the face.
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
The act by which someone kneels.
(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
removal
(transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
(transitive) To delete.
(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
To halt something temporarily.
(social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
(transitive) To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.
(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.