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| ascendable |
combined form of ascend. |
| balloon |
to ride or ascend in a balloon. [1/8 definitions] |
| climb |
to move upward; go towards the top; ascend. [2/7 definitions] |
| landing |
a point where goods are loaded and passengers ascend or descend, as on or from a ship or airplane. [1/3 definitions] |
| reascend |
combined form of ascend. |
| rise |
to ascend upward from behind the horizon. [1/24 definitions] |
| rocket1 |
to move or ascend as swiftly as a rocket. [1/6 definitions] |
| scale3 |
anything that one may ascend or go up. [3/10 definitions] |
| the bends |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a serious, sometimes fatal condition of divers who ascend too rapidly, resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream; decompression sickness. |
| traverse |
in skiing or climbing, to descend or ascend (a mountain or hill) at an angle instead of straight up or down. [1/11 definitions] |
| uprise |
to move, slope, or incline upward; ascend. [1/6 definitions] |
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