rise definition | Dictionary.com

rise

[rahyz]

verb, rose, ris⋅en [riz-uh

, ris⋅ing, noun

Use rise in a Sentence

–verb (used without object)

1.	to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.

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

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

4.	to get up after falling or being thrown down.

5.	to become active in opposition or resistance; revolt or rebel.

6.	to be built up, erected, or constructed.

7.	to spring up or grow, as plants: Weeds rose overnight.

8.	to become prominent on or project from a surface, as a blister.

9.	to come into existence; appear.

10.	to come into action, as a wind or storm.

11.	to occur: A quarrel rose between them.

12.	to originate, issue, or be derived; to have a source.

13.	to move from a lower to a higher position; move upward; ascend: The bird rose in the air.

14.	to ascend above the horizon, as a heavenly body.

15.	to extend directly upward; project vertically: The tower rises to a height of 60 feet. The building rises above the city's other skyscrapers.

16.	to have an upward slant or curve: The path rises as it approaches the woods.

17.	to attain higher rank, status, or importance or a higher economic level: to rise in the world.

18.	to advance to a higher level of action, thought, feeling, etc.: to rise above the commonplace.

19.	Angling. (of fish) to come up toward the surface of the water in pursuit of food or bait.

20.	to prove oneself equal to a demand, emergency, etc. (fol. by to): to rise to the occasion; to rise to one's responsibilities.

21.	to become animated, cheerful, or heartened, as the spirits.

22.	to become roused or stirred: to feel one's temper rising.

23.	to increase in height, as the level of water: The river rose thirty feet in eight hours.

24.	to swell or puff up, as dough from the action of yeast.

25.	to increase in amount, as prices.

26.	to increase in price or value, as commodities.

27.	to increase in degree, intensity, or force, as fever, color, etc.

28.	to become louder or of higher pitch, as the voice.

29.	to adjourn or close a session, as a deliberative body or court.

30.	to return from the dead: Christ rose from the dead and on the third day ascended into heaven.

–verb (used with object)

31.	Nonstandard. to cause to rise.

32.	Nautical. to cause (something) to rise above the visible horizon by approaching nearer to it; raise.

–noun

33.	an act or instance of rising.

34.	appearance above the horizon, as of the sun or moon.

35.	elevation or increase in rank, fortune, influence, power, etc.: the rise and fall of ancient Rome.

36.	an increase in height, as of the level of water.

37.	the amount of such increase.

38.	an increase in amount, as of prices.

39.	an increase in price or value, as of commodities.

40.	Chiefly British. raise (defs. 33–35).

41.	an increase in degree or intensity, as of temperature.

42.	an increase in loudness or in pitch, as of the voice.

43.

Architecture, Building Trades.

a.	the measured height of any of various things, as a roof, a flight of steps, a stair step, or the crown of a road.

b.	the measured height of an arch from the springing line to the highest point of the intrados.

44.	the vertical distance through which the floor of an elevator or the like passes.

45.	origin, source, or beginning: the rise of a stream in a mountain.

46.	a coming into existence or notice: the rise of a new talent.

47.	extension upward.

48.	the amount of such extension.

49.	upward slope, as of ground or a road.

50.	a piece of rising or high ground: a house built upon a gentle rise.

51.	the distance between the crotch and the waist of a pair of trousers: Pants with a high rise are now in style.

52.	Angling. the coming up of a fish toward the surface in pursuit of food or bait.

—Verb phrase

53.	rise above, to ignore or be indifferent to, as an insult.

—Idioms

54.

get a rise out of, Informal.

a.	to provoke, as to action or anger.

b.	to evoke the expected or desired response from.

55.	give rise to, to originate; produce; cause: The Industrial Revolution gave rise to accelerated urbanization.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME risen (v.), OE rīsan; c. D rijzen, OHG rīsan, Goth reisan; akin to raise, rear ²

Synonyms:
12. arise, proceed. 13. mount. 17. succeed, advance.

Antonyms:
1. sink. 4. fall. 13. descend. 17. fail.

Usage note:
See raise.

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source

Link To rise

rise (rīz)

v. rose (rōz), ris·en (rĭz'ən), ris·ing, ris·es

v. intr.

To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
To get out of bed: rose at dawn.
To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend: Hot air rises.
To increase in size, volume, or level: The river rises every spring.
To increase in number, amount, or value: Prices are rising.
To increase in intensity, force, or speed: The wind has risen.
To increase in pitch or volume: The sound of their voices rose and fell.
To appear above the horizon: The sun rises later in the fall.
To extend upward; be prominent: The tower rose above the hill.
To slant or slope upward: Mount McKinley rises to nearly 6,200 meters.
To come into existence; originate.
To be erected: New buildings are rising in the city.
To appear at the surface of the water or the earth; emerge.
To puff up or become larger; swell up: The bread dough should rise to double its original size.
To become stiff and erect.
To attain a higher status: an officer who rose through the ranks.
To become apparent to the mind or senses: Old fears rose to haunt me.
To uplift oneself to meet a demand or challenge: She rose to the occasion and won the election.
To return to life.
To rebel: "the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government" (Abraham Lincoln).
To close a session of an official assembly; adjourn.

v. tr.

To cause to rise.
To cause (a distant object at sea) to become visible above the horizon by advancing closer.

The act of rising; ascent.
The degree of elevation or ascent.
The appearance of the sun or other celestial body above the horizon.
An increase in height, as of the level of water.
A gently sloped hill.
A long broad elevation that slopes gently from the earth's surface or the ocean floor.
An origin, beginning, or source: the rise of a river.
Occasion or opportunity: facts that give rise to doubts about her motives.
The emergence of a fish seeking food or bait at the water's surface.
An increase in price, worth, quantity, or degree.
An increase in intensity, volume, or pitch.
Elevation in status, prosperity, or importance: the family's rise in New York society.
The height of a flight of stairs or of a single riser.
Chiefly British An increase in salary or wages; a raise.
Informal An angry or irritated reaction: finally got a rise out of her.
The distance between the crotch and waistband in pants, shorts, or underwear.

[Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan; see er-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: These verbs mean to move upward from a lower to a higher position. Rise has the widest range of application: We rose at dawn. The sun rises early in the summer. Prices rise and fall.
Ascend frequently suggests a gradual step-by-step rise: The plane took off and ascended steadily until it was out of sight.
Climb connotes steady, often effortful progress, as against gravity: "You climb up through the little grades and then get to the top" (John Updike).
Soar implies effortless ascent to a great height: A lone condor soared above the Andean peaks.
To tower is to attain a height or prominence exceeding one's surroundings: "the tall Lombardy poplar ... towering high above all other trees" (W.H. Hudson).
Mount connotes a progressive climb to a higher level: Our expenses mounted fearfully. See Also Synonyms at beginning, stem¹.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

Rise

Rise\, v. t. [See Rise, v. i.]

1. To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill.

2. To cause to rise; as, 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; to raise.

Until we rose the bark we could not pretend to call it a chase. --W. C. Russell.

Rise

Rise\, v. i. [imp. Rose; p. p. Risen; p. pr. & vb. n. Rising.] [AS. r[=i]san; akin to OS. r[=i]san, D. rijzen, OHG. r[=i]san to rise, fall, Icel. r[=i]sa, Goth. urreisan, G. reise journey. CF. Arise, Raise, Rear, v.]

1. To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait. (b) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like. (c) To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air. (d) To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet. (e) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer. (f) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall. (g) To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.

He that would thrive, must rise by five. --Old Proverb. (h) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea. (i) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction. "A rising ground." --Dryden. (j) To retire; to give up a siege.

He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . . was gone. --Knolles. (k) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.

2. To have the aspect or the effect of rising. Specifically: (a) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like. "He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good." --Matt. v. 45. (b) To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore. (c) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower. (d) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.

A scepter shall rise out of Israel. --Num. xxiv. 17.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope.

3. To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax. Specifically: (a) To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion. "High winde . . . began to rise, high passions -- anger, hate." --Milton. (b) To become of higher value; to increase in price.

Bullion is risen to six shillings . . . the ounce. --Locke. (c) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like. (d) To increase in intensity; -- said of heat. (e) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice. (f) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.

4. In various figurative senses. Specifically: (a) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.

At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection. --Milton.

No more shall nation against nation rise. --Pope. (b) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. --Shak. (c) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest. (d) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.

A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative natures. --Spectator. (e) To come; to offer itself.

There chanced to the prince's hand to rise An ancient book. --Spenser.

5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life.

But now is Christ risen from the dead. --1. Cor. xv. 20.

6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.

It was near nine . . . before the House rose. --Macaulay.

7. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.

8. (Print.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.

Syn: To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale.

Usage: Rise, Appreciate. Some in America use the word appreciate for "rise in value;" as, stocks appreciate, money appreciates, etc. This use is not unknown in England, but it is less common there. It is undesirable, because rise sufficiently expresses the idea, and appreciate has its own distinctive meaning, which ought not to be confused with one so entirely different.

Rise

Rise\, n. 1. The act of rising, or the state of being risen.

2. The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.

3. Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land. [Colloq.]

4. Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.

All wickednes taketh its rise from the heart. --R. Nelson.

5. Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet. --Shak.

6. Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.

The rise or fall that may happen in his constant revenue by a Spanish war. --Sir W. Temple.

7. Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.

The ordinary rises and falls of the voice. --Bacon.

8. Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.

9. The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.

Language Translation for : rise

Spanish: aumentar; subir,

German: steigen,

Japanese: 上がる

More Translations »

rise (v.)

O.E. risan (usually arisan; class I strong verb; past tense ras, pp. risen), from P.Gmc. *us-risanan "to go up" (cf. O.N. risa, Goth. urreisan "to rise," O.H.G. risan "to rise, flow," Ger. reisen "to travel," originally "to rise for a journey"). Related to raise (q.v.). The noun meaning "upward movement" is from 1573; the meaning "a piece of rising ground" is from 1639. Phrase to get a rise out of (someone) (1834) is a metaphor from angling (1651). Riser "upright part of a step" is from 1771.

rise

In addition to the idioms beginning with rise, also see come up (rise in the world); get a rise out of; give birth (rise) to.

Search another word or see rise on Thesaurus | Reference

About · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Advertise with Us · Link to Us · NASCAR® · Contact Us