N. ascent, ascension, rising &c. # 309, acclivity, hill, flight of steps, flight of stairs, ladder rocket, lark, sky rocket, sky lark, alpine club

V. ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise, go up, get up, work one's way up, start up, shoot up, go into orbit, float up, bubble up, aspire, climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade, surmount, shin, shinny, shinney, scale, scale the heights, raise, elevate, go aloft, fly aloft, tower, soar, take off, spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards, hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge, leap

Adj. rising, scandent|, buoyant, supernatant, superfluitant|, excelsior

Adv. uphill