Rise

Rise:

rise
rīz-
verb
1.
move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.
"the tiny aircraft rose from the ground"
"the sun had just risen"
synonyms: move up-upward(s), come up, make one's-its way up, arise, ascend, climb, mount, soar More
antonyms: fall, descend, set
(of a fish) come to the surface of water.
"a fish rose and was hooked and landed"
(of a voice) become higher in pitch.
"my voice rose an octave or two as I screamed"
synonyms: get higher, grow, increase, become louder, swell, intensify More
antonyms: drop
reach a higher position in society or one's profession.
"the officer was a man of great courage who had risen from the ranks"
synonyms: make progress, climb, advance, get on, work one's way, be promoted More
succeed in not being limited or constrained by (a restrictive environment or situation).
"he struggled to rise above his humble background"
be superior to.
"I try to rise above prejudice"
2.
get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling.
"she pushed back her chair and rose"
synonyms: stand up, get to one's feet, get up, jump up, leap up; More
antonyms: sit
get out of bed, esp. in the morning.
"I rose and got dressed"
synonyms: get up, get out of bed, rouse oneself, stir, bestir oneself, be up and about; More
antonyms: retire, go to bed
BRIT.
(of a meeting or a session of a court) adjourn.
"the judge's remark heralded the signal for the court to rise"
synonyms: adjourn, recess, be suspended, pause, take a break; More
antonyms: resume, continue
be restored to life.
"your sister has risen from the dead"
synonyms: come back to life, be resurrected, revive More
antonyms: die
(of a wind) start to blow or to blow more strongly.
"the wind continued to rise"
(of a river) have its source.
"the Euphrates rises in Turkey"
synonyms: originate in, begin in, start in, emerge in-from;
cease to be submissive, obedient, or peaceful.
"the activists urged militant factions to rise up"
synonyms: rebel, revolt, mutiny, riot, take up arms More
antonyms: kowtow
(of a person) react with annoyance or argument to (provocation).
"he didn't rise to my teasing"
synonyms: react to, respond to; More
find the strength or ability to respond adequately to (a challenging situation).
"many participants in the race had never sailed before, but they rose to the challenge"
3.
(of land or a feature following the contours of the land) incline upward; become higher.
"the moorlands rise and fall in gentle folds"
synonyms: slope upward, go uphill, incline, climb More
antonyms: drop away, drop
(of a building, mountain, or other high object or structure) be much taller than the surrounding landscape.
"the cliff rose more than a hundred feet above us"
synonyms: loom, tower, soar, rise up, rear (up) More
(of someone's hair) stand on end.
"he felt the hairs rise on the back of his neck"
(of a building) undergo construction from the foundations.
"rows of two-story houses are slowly rising"
(of dough) swell by the action of yeast.
"leave the dough in a warm place to rise"
synonyms: swell, expand, enlarge, puff up More
(of a bump, blister, or weal) appear as a swelling on the skin.
"blisters rose on his burned hand"
(of a person's stomach) become nauseated.
"Fabio's stomach rose at the foul bedding"
4.
increase in number, size, amount, or quality.
"land prices had risen"
synonyms: go up, increase, soar, shoot up, surge, leap, rocket, escalate, spiral More
antonyms: drop, worsen
(of the sea, a river, or other body of water) increase in height to a particular level, typically through tidal action or flooding.
"the river level rose so high the work had to be abandoned"
(of an emotion) develop and become more intense.
"he felt a tide of resentment rising in him"
(of a sound) become louder; be audible above other sounds.
"her voice rose above the clamor"
(of a person's mood) become more cheerful.
"her spirits rose as they left the ugly city behind"
synonyms: brighten, lift, cheer up, improve, pick up; More
(of the color in a person's face) become deeper, esp. as a result of embarrassment.
"he was teasing her, and she could feel her color rising"
(of a barometer or other measuring instrument) give a higher reading.
5.
approaching (a specified age).
"she was thirty-nine rising forty"
noun
noun: rise;plural noun: rises
1.
an upward movement; an instance of becoming higher.
"the bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises"
an act of a fish moving to the surface to take a fly or bait.
an increase in sound or pitch.
"the rise and fall of his voice"
an instance of social, commercial, or political advancement.
"few models have had such a meteoric rise"
synonyms: progress, climb, promotion, elevation, aggrandizement More
an upward slope or hill.
synonyms: incline, hillock, hill; More
the vertical height of a step, arch, or incline.
another term for riser (sense 2).
2.
an increase in amount, extent, size, or number.
"local people are worried by the rise in crime"
synonyms: increase, hike, leap, upsurge, upswing, climb, escalation
Read less