n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't
make the grade" [syn: acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: descent]
2: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air
balloon" [syn: rise, rising, ascension] [ant: fall]
3: the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn: rise, ascension, ascending]