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upraise

[uhp-reyz] / ʌpˈreɪz /
VERB
erect; construct
Synonyms
STRONG
assemble compose construct create effect elevate fabricate fashion forge form found frame heighten hoist initiate institute join lift make manufacture mount organize pitch plant prefabricate produce raise rear shape stand
WEAK
bring about cobble up fit together fudge together knock together make up put together put up run up set up stand up throw together throw up uprear
Antonyms
STRONG
abandon break conclude decrease demolish demote depress destroy disarrange disorder disorganize disperse distress divide drop end fail fall finish halt ignore lessen lower neglect prevent raze refuse ruin scatter separate stop upset veto
VERB
elevate; raise up
Synonyms
STRONGEST
elevate
STRONG
boost cock erect heave heighten hoist levitate lift poise pump pyramid raise ramp rear tilt uphold uplift
WEAK
fetch up hike up jack up pick up put up shoot up stilt take up uprear
Antonyms
STRONG
abandon decrease depress destroy drop fall lower neglect raze weaken

Example Sentences

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The floor and upraise of this recess is plastered with adobe, which in several places is smooth and well made.

From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Fewkes, Jesse Walter

He struck the root of the tree with his tunnel and made an upraise to the inside of the trunk.

From Bears I Have Met—and Others by Kelly, Allen

Millions of dollars of gold have been extracted from its bed, and millions more await the tunnel, upraise, and drift of the adventurous miner.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello

Reader, your soul upraise to see, In yon fair cut designed by me, The pauper by the highwayside Vainly soliciting from pride.

From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)

The Strain upraise of joy and praise. m arr.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office