To move upward on or along

• scale

  1. One of the many small hard dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form the external covering of fishes and reptiles and certain mammals, such as pangolins.
  2. A similar part in other animals, such as one of the thin flat overlapping structures that cover the wings of butterflies and moths.
  3. A small, thin, often flattened plant structure, such as one of the modified leaves that cover a tree bud or one of the structures that contain the reproductive organs on the cones of a conifer.

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  1. One of the many small hard dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form the external covering of fishes and reptiles and certain mammals, such as pangolins.
  2. A similar part in other animals, such as one of the thin flat overlapping structures that cover the wings of butterflies and moths.
  3. A small, thin, often flattened plant structure, such as one of the modified leaves that cover a tree bud or one of the structures that contain the reproductive organs on the cones of a conifer.

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• go up

  1. Used other than as an idiom: see go,"Ž up.
  2. (intransitive) To be built or erected
  3. (intransitive) To rise or increase in price, cost, or value.

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  1. Used other than as an idiom: see go,"Ž up.
  2. (intransitive) To be built or erected
  3. (intransitive) To rise or increase in price, cost, or value.

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• climb

  1. To move upward, especially by using the hands and feet:
  2. To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet:
  3. To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing.

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  1. To move upward, especially by using the hands and feet:
  2. To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet:
  3. To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing.

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• ascend

  1. To go or move upward; rise:
  2. To slope upward:
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance:

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  1. To go or move upward; rise:
  2. To slope upward:
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance:

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To move from a lower to a higher position

• soar

  1. To rise or fly into the air:
  2. To maintain altitude without moving the wings or using an engine; glide.
  3. To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level:

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  1. To rise or fly into the air:
  2. To maintain altitude without moving the wings or using an engine; glide.
  3. To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level:

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• rise

  1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
  2. To get out of bed:
  3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend:

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  1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
  2. To get out of bed:
  3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend:

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• lift

  1. To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise:
  2. To transport by air:
  3. To revoke by taking back; rescind:

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  1. To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise:
  2. To transport by air:
  3. To revoke by taking back; rescind:

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• climb

  1. To move upward, especially by using the hands and feet:
  2. To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet:
  3. To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing.

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  1. To move upward, especially by using the hands and feet:
  2. To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet:
  3. To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing.

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• ascend

  1. To go or move upward; rise:
  2. To slope upward:
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance:

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  1. To go or move upward; rise:
  2. To slope upward:
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance:

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• arise

  1. To get up, as from a sitting or prone position; rise.
  2. To awaken and get up:
  3. To move upward; ascend.

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  1. To get up, as from a sitting or prone position; rise.
  2. To awaken and get up:
  3. To move upward; ascend.

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To make or become greater or larger

• beef up

  1. (idiomatic) to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to

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  1. (idiomatic) to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to

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• wax

  1. Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances, consisting of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar organic solvents.
  2. Beeswax.
  3. Earwax.

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  1. Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances, consisting of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar organic solvents.
  2. Beeswax.
  3. Earwax.

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• upsurge

  1. To surge up.
  2. A rapid or abrupt rise:

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  1. To surge up.
  2. A rapid or abrupt rise:

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• swell

  1. To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand.
  2. To increase in force, size, number, or degree:
  3. To grow in loudness or intensity:

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  1. To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand.
  2. To increase in force, size, number, or degree:
  3. To grow in loudness or intensity:

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• soar

  1. To rise or fly into the air:
  2. To maintain altitude without moving the wings or using an engine; glide.
  3. To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level:

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  1. To rise or fly into the air:
  2. To maintain altitude without moving the wings or using an engine; glide.
  3. To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level:

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• snowball

  1. A mass of soft, wet snow packed into a ball that can be thrown, as in play.
  2. Any of several plants having rounded clusters of white flowers, especially certain cultivated viburnums.
  3. A snow cone.

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  1. A mass of soft, wet snow packed into a ball that can be thrown, as in play.
  2. Any of several plants having rounded clusters of white flowers, especially certain cultivated viburnums.
  3. A snow cone.

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• run up

  1. An often sudden increase:
  2. The period of time that leads up an event or occurrence:

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  1. An often sudden increase:
  2. The period of time that leads up an event or occurrence:

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• rise

  1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
  2. To get out of bed:
  3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend:

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  1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
  2. To get out of bed:
  3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend:

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• proliferate

  1. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring.
  2. To increase or spread at a rapid rate:
  3. To cause to grow or increase rapidly.

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  1. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring.
  2. To increase or spread at a rapid rate:
  3. To cause to grow or increase rapidly.

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• multiply

  1. To increase the amount, number, or degree of.
  2. To perform multiplication on.
  3. To grow in amount, number, or degree:

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  1. To increase the amount, number, or degree of.
  2. To perform multiplication on.
  3. To grow in amount, number, or degree:

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• magnify

  1. To increase the apparent size of (an object), especially by means of a lens, instrument, or device.
  2. To increase the volume of (sound):
  3. To make more intense or extreme:

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  1. To increase the apparent size of (an object), especially by means of a lens, instrument, or device.
  2. To increase the volume of (sound):
  3. To make more intense or extreme:

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• increase

  1. To become greater or larger.
  2. To multiply; reproduce.
  3. To make greater or larger.

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  1. To become greater or larger.
  2. To multiply; reproduce.
  3. To make greater or larger.

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• grow

  1. To increase in size by a natural process.
  2. To expand; gain:
  3. To increase in amount or degree; intensify:

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  1. To increase in size by a natural process.
  2. To expand; gain:
  3. To increase in amount or degree; intensify:

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• extend

  1. To cause (something) to be longer, wider, or cover more area:
  2. To enlarge the scope or effect of:
  3. To cause (something) to last longer:

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  1. To cause (something) to be longer, wider, or cover more area:
  2. To enlarge the scope or effect of:
  3. To cause (something) to last longer:

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• expand

  1. To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge:
  2. To express at length or in detail; enlarge on:
  3. To open (something) up or out; spread out:

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  1. To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge:
  2. To express at length or in detail; enlarge on:
  3. To open (something) up or out; spread out:

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• escalate

  1. To increase in intensity, extent, or amount:
  2. To increase, enlarge, or intensify:
  3. To pass (a transaction or case) on to a higher level in an organizational hierarchy:

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  1. To increase in intensity, extent, or amount:
  2. To increase, enlarge, or intensify:
  3. To pass (a transaction or case) on to a higher level in an organizational hierarchy:

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• enlarge

  1. To make larger in size.
  2. To make larger in scope or effect; expand:
  3. To become larger; grow or swell.

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  1. To make larger in size.
  2. To make larger in scope or effect; expand:
  3. To become larger; grow or swell.

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• burgeon

  1. To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout.
  2. To begin to grow or blossom.
  3. To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate.

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  1. To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout.
  2. To begin to grow or blossom.
  3. To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate.

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• build up

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages.
  2. (idiomatic) To strengthen.
  3. Alternative form of buildup.

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  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages.
  2. (idiomatic) To strengthen.
  3. Alternative form of buildup.

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• build

  1. To form by combining materials or parts; construct.
  2. To order, finance, or supervise the construction of:
  3. To develop or give form to according to a plan or process; create:

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  1. To form by combining materials or parts; construct.
  2. To order, finance, or supervise the construction of:
  3. To develop or give form to according to a plan or process; create:

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• boost

  1. To raise or lift by pushing up from below.
  2. To increase; raise:
  3. To assist in further development or progress:

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  1. To raise or lift by pushing up from below.
  2. To increase; raise:
  3. To assist in further development or progress:

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• augment

  1. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity:
  2. To add an augment to.
  3. To become augmented.

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  1. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity:
  2. To add an augment to.
  3. To become augmented.

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• amplify

  1. To make larger or more powerful; increase.
  2. To add to, as by illustrations; make complete.
  3. To exaggerate.

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  1. To make larger or more powerful; increase.
  2. To add to, as by illustrations; make complete.
  3. To exaggerate.

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• aggrandize

  1. To increase the scope of; extend:
  2. To make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation:
  3. To consider to be or cause to appear greater than is really the case; exaggerate:

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  1. To increase the scope of; extend:
  2. To make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation:
  3. To consider to be or cause to appear greater than is really the case; exaggerate:

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To attain a higher status, rank, or condition

• rise

  1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
  2. To get out of bed:
  3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend:

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  1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
  2. To get out of bed:
  3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend:

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• climb

  1. To move upward, especially by using the hands and feet:
  2. To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet:
  3. To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing.

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  1. To move upward, especially by using the hands and feet:
  2. To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet:
  3. To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing.

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• ascend

  1. To go or move upward; rise:
  2. To slope upward:
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance:

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  1. To go or move upward; rise:
  2. To slope upward:
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance:

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• advance

  1. To cause to move forward:
  2. To put forward; propose or suggest:
  3. To aid the growth or progress of:

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  1. To cause to move forward:
  2. To put forward; propose or suggest:
  3. To aid the growth or progress of:

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To rise

• uprise

  1. To get up or stand up; rise.
  2. To go, move, or incline upward; ascend.
  3. To rise into view, especially from below the horizon.

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  1. To get up or stand up; rise.
  2. To go, move, or incline upward; ascend.
  3. To rise into view, especially from below the horizon.

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• arise

  1. To get up, as from a sitting or prone position; rise.
  2. To awaken and get up:
  3. To move upward; ascend.

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  1. To get up, as from a sitting or prone position; rise.
  2. To awaken and get up:
  3. To move upward; ascend.

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• ascend

  1. To go or move upward; rise:
  2. To slope upward:
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance:

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  1. To go or move upward; rise:
  2. To slope upward:
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance:

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To climb

• clamber

  1. To climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; scramble.
  2. A difficult, awkward climb.

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  1. To climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; scramble.
  2. A difficult, awkward climb.

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• scale

  1. One of the many small hard dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form the external covering of fishes and reptiles and certain mammals, such as pangolins.
  2. A similar part in other animals, such as one of the thin flat overlapping structures that cover the wings of butterflies and moths.
  3. A small, thin, often flattened plant structure, such as one of the modified leaves that cover a tree bud or one of the structures that contain the reproductive organs on the cones of a conifer.

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  1. One of the many small hard dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form the external covering of fishes and reptiles and certain mammals, such as pangolins.
  2. A similar part in other animals, such as one of the thin flat overlapping structures that cover the wings of butterflies and moths.
  3. A small, thin, often flattened plant structure, such as one of the modified leaves that cover a tree bud or one of the structures that contain the reproductive organs on the cones of a conifer.

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• ascend

  1. To go or move upward; rise:
  2. To slope upward:
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance:

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  1. To go or move upward; rise:
  2. To slope upward:
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance:

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To install

• fix

  1. To correct or set right; adjust:
  2. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:
  3. To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare:

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  1. To correct or set right; adjust:
  2. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:
  3. To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare:

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• position

  1. A place or location.
  2. The right or appropriate place:
  3. A strategic area occupied by members of a force:

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  1. A place or location.
  2. The right or appropriate place:
  3. A strategic area occupied by members of a force:

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• attach

  1. To fasten, secure, or join:
  2. To connect as an adjunct or associated condition or part:
  3. To affix or append; add:

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  1. To fasten, secure, or join:
  2. To connect as an adjunct or associated condition or part:
  3. To affix or append; add:

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• set up

  1. To ready something for use.
  2. Logically order.
  3. To cause to happen

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  1. To ready something for use.
  2. Logically order.
  3. To cause to happen

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