[rahyz] 
verb, rose, ris⋅en [riz-uh
n] , ris⋅ing, noun | 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. |
| 31. | Nonstandard. to cause to rise. |
| 32. | Nautical. to cause (something) to rise above the visible horizon by approaching nearer to it; raise. |
| 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.
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| 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. |
| 53. | rise above, to ignore or be indifferent to, as an insult. |
| 54. | get a rise out of, Informal.
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| 55. | give rise to, to originate; produce; cause: The Industrial Revolution gave rise to accelerated urbanization. |