rise

[[t]raɪz[/t]]

v. rose, ris•en [[t]ˈrɪz ən[/t]] ris•ing, n.

1) to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture

2) to get up from bed, esp. to begin the day after a night's sleep

3) phl to become erect and stiff, as the hair in fright

4) to become active in opposition or resistance; revolt or rebel

5) to come into existence; appear

6) to occur:

A quarrel rose between them[/ex]

7) to originate, issue, or be derived

8) to move from a lower to a higher position; ascend

9) astron. to ascend above the horizon, as a heavenly body

10) to extend directly upward; project vertically

11) to have an upward slant or curve

12) to attain a higher level, as of importance or financial security:

to rise in the world[/ex]

13) to prove oneself equal to a demand, emergency, etc. (usu. fol. by to):

to rise to the occasion[/ex]

14) to become animated, cheerful, or heartened, as the spirits

15) to become roused or stirred:

to feel one's temper rising[/ex]

16) to increase, as in height, amount, value, or intensity:

The river is rising three feet an hour. Prices have hardly risen at all. The color rose in his cheeks[/ex]

17) to swell or puff up, as dough from the action of yeast

18) to become louder or of higher pitch, as the voice

19) to adjourn or close a session, as a deliberative body or court

20) spo (of fish) to come up toward the surface of the water in pursuit of food or bait

21) to return from the dead

22) sts Nonstandard. to cause to rise

23) navig.

raise 27)

24) phv rise above, to ignore and overcome, as adversity

25) an act or instance of rising

26) astron. appearance above the horizon, as of the sun or moon

27) elevation or increase in rank, fortune, influence, etc.:

the rise and fall of ancient Rome[/ex]

28) an increase, as in height, amount, or value

29) the amount of such increase

30) an increase in loudness or in pitch, as of the voice

31) archit. bui the measured height of any of various things, as of a roof, a flight of steps, or a stair step

32) bui the vertical distance through which the floor of an elevator or the like passes

33) origin, source, or beginning:

the rise of a stream in a mountain[/ex]

34) a coming into existence or notice:

the rise of a new talent[/ex]

35) extension upward

36) the amount of such extension

37) upward slope, as of ground

38) a piece of rising or high ground

39) clo the distance between the crotch and the waist of a pair of trousers

40) spo the coming up of a fish toward the surface in pursuit of food or bait

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- get a rise out of give rise to

Etymology: bef. 1000; OE rīsan; c. OHG rīsan, ONrīsa; akin to raise, rear II usage: See raise