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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"

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Fuzzynyms (125)

jump, leap

n. a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"

ascension

n. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon

billow, surge

n. a large sea wave

escalation

n. an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities"

march

n. a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"

development

n. act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"

build

v. develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"

worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

extend

v. open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"

burgeon

v. grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"

rocket

v. propel with a rocket

enhance

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

build

v. develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"

repudiate

v. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"

intensify

v. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

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

build

v. develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"

flush, level, even out, even

v. make level or straight; "level the ground"

scale

v. climb up by means of a ladder

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

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

scale, surmount

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

succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

gyrate, spiral, coil

v. to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

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

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

twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl

v. turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl

v. flow in a circular current, of liquids

twine

v. make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"

whirl, birl, spin, twirl

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

whirl, tumble, whirl around

v. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

corkscrew, spiral

v. move in a spiral or zigzag course

wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken

v. stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse

v. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

dawn

v. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

seem

v. appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"

begin, start

v. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

begin

v. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"

emerge

v. become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"

hit, strike

v. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"

stretch, stretch out

v. extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"

result

v. come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result from this meeting"

stem

v. remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

rise, go up, climb

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

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

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

Synonyms (5)

straighten

v. get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered"

come, come up

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

come, come up

Antonyms (52)

fall, downfall

n. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down

n. the act of decreasing or reducing something

decrease, decrement

n. the amount by which something decreases

decrease, decrement

n. the amount by which something decreases

decrease, lessen, minify

v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

go down

v. be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"

sink, subside

v. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

flop

v. fall suddenly and abruptly

drop

v. to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

fell, drop, strike down, cut down

v. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

plunge

v. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

usurp

v. take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"

set, go down, go under

v. disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days"

go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire

v. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire

v. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

sit

v. serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury"

lie down, lie

v. assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

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