1. ascend - verb
· travel up; "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
Synonym(s): go_up
Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote
Antonym(s): descend
2. ascend - verb
· go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
Hypernym(s): go_back, date_back, date_from
3. ascend - verb
· become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
4. ascend - verb
· appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the vine climbed up the side of the house"
Synonym(s): climb_up
5. ascend - verb
· go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"
Hypernym(s): follow, travel_along
6. ascend - verb
· slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
Hypernym(s): slope, incline, pitch
7. ascend - verb
· come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
Synonym(s): rise, come_up, uprise
Hypernym(s): rise, lift, arise, move_up, go_up, come_up, uprise
8. ascend - verb
· move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown"
Hypernym(s): change
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