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Verb ascend has 6 senses

ascend, go up - travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
--₁ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: descend, fall, go down, come down

Derived forms: noun ascension₂, noun ascension₅, noun ascent₂, noun ascent₃, noun ascender₁
Sample sentence:
The airplane is sure to ascend
ascend - go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
--₂ is one way to go back, date back, date from
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
ascend - become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
--₃ is one way to accede, enter

Derived form: noun ascendancy₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
ascend - go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"
--₄ is one way to follow, travel along
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
ascend - slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
--₅ is one way to slope, incline, pitch

Derived forms: noun ascent₁, noun ascender₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
rise, come up, uprise, ascend - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
--₆ is one way to rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise

Derived form: noun ascension₄
Sample sentence:
Something ----s