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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stem |
| Synonyms: | arise, be bred, be brought about, be caused, be generated, come, derive, develop, emanate, flow, head, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leap |
| Synonyms: | bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, capriole, dance, dive, drop, fall, gambade, gambol, hop, hopping, hurdle, jar, jerk, jolt, leapfrog, leapfrogging, leaping, lurch, nosedive, plummet, plunge, pounce, rise, saltation, shock, skip, skipping, spring, start, swerve, twitch, upspring, upsurge, vault, wrench |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up; ascend |
| Synonyms: | arise, arouse, aspire, awake, be erect, be located, be situated, blast off, bob up, climb, come up, get out of bed, get steeper, get to one's feet, go uphill, grow, have foundation, levitate, lift, mount, move up, pile out, push up, reach up, rise and shine, rise up, rocket, roll out, rouse, scale, sit up, slope upwards, soar, sprout, stand up, straighten up, surface, surge, surmount, sweep upward, tower, turn out, up*, upspring |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
| Antonyms: | descend, lower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | originate, emerge |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, arrive, be derived, be descended, begin, birth, burgeon, come, come into being, come into existence, come out, commence, derive, descend, develop, emanate, flow, grow, hatch, head, issue, loom, mushroom, proceed, rise, shoot up, start, stem, upspring |
| Main Entry: | uprise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up |
| Synonyms: | arise, ascend, awake, awaken, climb, get to one's feet, increase, move up, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, scale, spring out, stand, turn out, upspring |
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