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Rise

Verb

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1.VerbTo move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. To move upwards.
"We watched the balloon rise.; Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.; This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.; The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.; The sun was rising in the East.; to rise from a chair or from a fall; he rose from the grave;   he is risen!; The committee rose after agreeing to the report."
2.VerbTo move upwards.
"We watched the balloon rise.; Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops."
3.VerbTo grow upward; to attain a certain height.
"This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet."
4.VerbTo slope upward.
"The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill."
5.VerbTo appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
"The sun was rising in the East."
6.VerbTo become erect; to assume an upright position.
"to rise from a chair or from a fall"
7.VerbTo leave one's bed; to get up.
8.VerbTo be resurrected.
"he rose from the grave;   he is risen!"
9.VerbTo terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
"The committee rose after agreeing to the report."
10.VerbTo increase in value or standing. To attain a higher status. Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase. To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
"to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence;   a story rises in interest.; to rise a tone or semitone"
11.VerbTo attain a higher status.
12.VerbOf a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
13.VerbTo become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
"to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence;   a story rises in interest."
14.VerbTo ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
"to rise a tone or semitone"
15.VerbTo begin, to develop; to be initiated. To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
"to rise to the occasion; Thus far, my intellect has been able to rise sufficiently to meet every academic challenge that I have encountered.; As Patrick continued to goad me, I felt my temper rising towards the limits of my self control.; As hunger and despondency became more intense, a determination rose within me to find a way of getting off the desert island.; Has that dough risen yet?; a noise rose on the air;   odour rises from the flower"
16.VerbTo become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
"to rise to the occasion; Thus far, my intellect has been able to rise sufficiently to meet every academic challenge that I have encountered.; As Patrick continued to goad me, I felt my temper rising towards the limits of my self control."
17.VerbTo develop, to come about or intensify.
"As hunger and despondency became more intense, a determination rose within me to find a way of getting off the desert island."
18.VerbTo swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
"Has that dough risen yet?"
19.VerbTo have its source (in a particular place).
20.VerbTo become perceptible to the senses (other than sight).
"a noise rose on the air;   odour rises from the flower"
21.VerbTo become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
22.VerbTo come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
23.VerbTo go up; to ascend; to climb.
"to rise a hill"
24.VerbTo cause to go up or ascend.
"to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water; to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it"
25.VerbTo retire; to give up a siege.
26.VerbTo come; to offer itself.
27.VerbTo be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
28.NounThe process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
"The rise of the tide.; There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday.; Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure."
29.NounThe process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
"The rise of the working class.; The rise of the printing press.; The rise of the feminists."
30.NounAn increase in a quantity, price, etc.
31.NounEllipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
"The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six."
32.NounThe amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
"The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed."
33.NounThe front of a diaper.
34.NounA small hill; used chiefly in place names.
35.NounAn area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
36.NounA very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
"Making fun of their football team is one sure way to get a rise from a crowd.; She really got a rise from the audience when she donned a wig and talked like the president."
37.NounThe height of an arch or a step.
"As the rise, i.e. height, of the arch decreases, the outward thrust increases.; Each step had a rise of 170 mm and a going of 250 mm."
38.NounAlternative form of rice (“twig”).
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