ascending
adjective
1. moving or going or growing upward
- the ascending plane
- the ascending staircase
- the ascending stems of chickweed
Similar word(s): acclivitous, rising, uphill, ascendant, ascendent, ascensive, assurgent, scandent, highflying, up, upward, up
noun
1. the act of changing location in an upward direction
Similar word(s): ascension, ascent, rise
Definition categories: act, motion, move, movement
Sentences with ascending as a noun:
- continual ascendings and descendings
verb
1. present participle of ascend