rise

Pronunciation

• enPR: rīz, IPA: /ɹaɪz/
• for the noun, in the US, also rarely IPA: /ɹaɪs/

Verb

rise (third-person singular simple present rises, present participle rising, simple past rose, past participle risen)

1. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
   1. To move upwards.
      • We watched the balloon rise.
   2. To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
      • This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
   3. To slope upward.
      • The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
   4. (of a celestial body) To 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.
   5. To become erect; to assume an upright position.
      • to rise from a chair or from a fall
   6. To leave one's bed; to get up.
   7. (figurative) To be resurrected.
      • he rose from the grave;   he is risen!
   8. (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
      • The committee rose after agreeing to the report.
2. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
   1. To attain a higher status.
   2. Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
   3. 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.
   4. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
      • to rise a tone or semitone
3. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
   1. 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.
   2. To develop.
      • As hunger and despondency became more intense, a determination rose within me to find a way of getting off the desert island.
   3. To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
      • Has that dough risen yet?
   4. (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
   5. To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
      • a noise rose on the air;   odour rises from the flower
   6. To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
   7. To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
4. (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
   • to rise a hill
5. (transitive) To 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
6. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
7. To come; to offer itself.
8. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.

Noun

rise (plural rises)

1. The 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.
2. The 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.
3. (chiefly UK, also Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
4. (UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) Ellipsis of pay rise: an increase in wage or salary.
   • The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.
5. The 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.
6. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
7. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
8. (informal) A 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.
9. (architecture) The 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.

Noun

rise (plural rises)

1. Alternative form of rice (“twig”)

Anagrams

• EIRs, Eris, Iser, SIer, Seri, eirs, ires, reis, sire

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈri.ze/, (traditional) /ˈri.se/
• Hyphenation: rì‧se

Verb

rise

1. third-person singular past historic of ridere

Participle

rise

1. feminine plural of riso

Anagrams

• Eris, IRES, ersi, resi, seri, sire

Participle

rīse

1. vocative masculine singular of rīsus

Noun

rise m (definite singular risen, indefinite plural riser, definite plural risene)

1. mountain troll.
2. jotun (jötunn).

Verb

rise (present tense riser, past tense riste, past participle rist)

1. to spank

Pronunciation

• IPA: /²rɪːsə/

Noun

rise m (definite singular risen, indefinite plural risar, definite plural risane)

1. a giant, jotun

Verb

rise (present tense ris, past tense reis, past participle rise, present participle risande, imperative ris)

1. e-infinitive and split infinitive form of risa

Verb

rise (present tense risar, past tense risa, past participle risa, passive infinitive risast, present participle risande, imperative rise/ris)

1. e-infinitive and split infinitive form of risa

Noun

rise (Cyrillic spelling рисе)

1. vocative singular of ris

Noun

rise

1. rice