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mount

n. the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top"

mounting, climbing

n. an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

rise, ascent, upgrade, acclivity

n. an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

climb

v. move with difficulty, by grasping

rise, go up

v. increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

rise, mount, wax

v. go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

mount, go up, climb up

v. go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

advancement, progress, progression, advance, onward motion, forward motion

n. the act of moving forward toward a goal

improvement

n. the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property"

progress, progression, advance

n. a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops"

development

n. a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"

elevation, natural elevation

n. a raised or elevated geological formation

hill, hills

n. a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"

mount, mountain

n. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

bank

n. a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"

ridge

n. a long narrow natural elevation or striation

mound, hammock, knoll, hillock, hummock

n. a small natural hill

promontory, headland, foreland

n. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

intensify, escalate, step up

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

rise, arise, develop, originate, spring up

v. 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"

lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

progress, build, work up, build up, form steadily

v. form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

zoom, move noisily

v. move with a low humming noise

bolt, go off, run off, decamp, abscond, absquatulate

v. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

clamber, scramble, struggle, skin, shin, sputter, shinny

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

intensify, escalate, step up

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

scale, surmount

v. reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc"

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

move, travel, go, locomote

v. change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

mount, get on, bestride, mount up, climb on, hop on, jump on

v. get on the back of; "mount a horse"

alight, climb down

v. come down; "the birds alighted"

fall, descent, declivity, decline, downslope

n. a downward slope or bend

wane

v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

fall, come down, go down, descend

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

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