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38 Definitions of: rise
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- verb, to get up from a lying, sitting, kneeling, or prone position
- verb, to get out of bed, esp to begin one's day
- verb, to move from a lower to a higher position or place; ascend
- verb, to ascend or appear above the horizon
- verb, to increase in height or level
- verb, to attain higher rank, status, or reputation
- verb, to be built or erected
- verb, to become apparent; appear
- verb, to increase in strength, degree, intensity, etc
- verb, to increase in amount or value
- verb, to swell up
- verb, to become erect, stiff, or rigid
- verb, (of one's stomach or gorge) to manifest or feel nausea; retch
- verb, to become actively rebellious; revolt
- verb, to slope upwards
- verb, to return from the dead; be resurrected
- verb, to originate; come into existence
- verb, (of a session of a court, legislative assembly, etc) to come to an end; adjourn
- verb, angling (of fish) to come to the surface of the water, as when taking flies
- verb, nautical. another term for raise
- verb, to respond (to teasing, etc) or fall into a trap prepared for one
- noun, the act or an instance of rising; ascent
- noun, an increase in height; elevation
- noun, an increase in rank, status, or position
- noun, an increase in amount, cost, or value
- noun, an increase in degree or intensity
- noun, an increase in salary or wages. US and Canadian word: raise
- noun, a piece of rising ground
- noun, an upward slope or incline
- noun, the appearance of the sun, moon, or other celestial body above the horizon
- noun, the vertical height of a step or of a flight of stairs
- noun, the vertical height of a roof above the walls or columns
- noun, the height of an arch above the impost level
- noun, angling the act or instance of fish coming to the surface of the water to take flies, etc
- noun, the beginning, origin, or source; derivation
- noun, slang an erection of the penis
- noun, get or take a rise out of to provoke an angry or petulant reaction from
- noun, give rise to to cause the development of; produce ▷ See also rise above ▷ See also, rise to
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of rise