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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down]
2: increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" [syn: rise, go up, climb]
3: move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" [syn: approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near]
4: be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere"
5: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: climb, climb up, mount, go up]
6: burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames" [syn: burn down, burn up, go up]
7: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" [syn: ascend, go up] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Date: 15th century 1. chiefly British to attend a university 2. of an actor to become confused 3. to be built or erected <a new sign went up>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If a price, amount, or level goes up, it becomes higher or greater than it was. Interest rates went up... The cost has gone up to $1.95 a minute... Prices have gone up 61 percent since deregulation. = rise, increase PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P to/from/by n, V P amount 2. When a building, wall, or other structure goes up, it is built or fixed in place. He noticed a new building going up near Whitaker Park. PHRASAL VERB: V P 3. If something goes up, it explodes or starts to burn, usually suddenly and with great intensity. I was going to get out of the building in case it went up... The hotel went up in flames. PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P in n 4. If a shout or cheer goes up, it is made by a lot of people together. A cheer went up from the other passengers. PHRASAL VERB: V P

Moby Thesaurus

accrue, accumulate, advance, appreciate, arise, ascend, balloon, be ruined, become insolvent, bloat, boom, break, breed, broaden, bust, collapse, come up, crash, crescendo, curl upwards, develop, fail, fold, fold up, gain, gain strength, get ahead, go bankrupt, go broke, go into receivership, go to glory, go to hell, go to perdition, go to pot, go to ruin, go to shivers, go to smash, go to smithereens, go under, go wrong, grow, grow up, increase, intensify, levitate, loom, mount, multiply, proliferate, rear, rear up, rise, rise up, run up, shoot up, shut down, snowball, spiral, spire, spread, stand up, strengthen, surge, swarm up, sweep up, swell, tower, up, upgo, upgrow, upheave, uprise, upspin, upstream, upsurge, upswarm, upwind, wax, widen