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Steigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ascend verb To move or climb upward.
  • climb verb To move upward, especially using effort — going up a hill, ladder, stairs, or rock face.
  • increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
  • rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.
  • rise verb To move upward or increase.

Senses

Steigen is used for these senses in English:

  • ascend (intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.
  • go up (intransitive) To move upwards.
  • increase For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
  • increase (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
  • rear (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs.
  • rear (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
  • rise (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.

ascend — full definition

  1. verb To move or climb upward.
  2. verb To rise to a higher position, rank, or throne.

climb — full definition

  1. verb To move upward, especially using effort — going up a hill, ladder, stairs, or rock face.
  2. verb To rise or increase, as a number, price, or position in a ranking.
  3. noun An act or instance of climbing; an ascent.

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