Sekirov Dictionary

rise

/ɹaɪz/

verb 27
noun 10
forms 9
phrases 10

verb27

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to move up
- We watched the balloon rise.
- Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.
To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
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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.
To go up; to ascend; to climb.
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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
To increase in value or standing.
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To attain a higher status.
- Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. — 1603
Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
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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.
To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
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To develop, to come about or intensify.
- As hunger and despondency became more intense, a determination rose within me to find a way of getting off the desert island.
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To come; to offer itself.
- There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize, / An auncient booke, […] — 1590
To become erect; to assume an upright position.
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To leave one's bed; to get up.
- Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair, In the morning, when we rise — 1965
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To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
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To slope upward.
- The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
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To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- Has that dough risen yet?
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To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
- 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.
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To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection. — 1667
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To be resurrected.
- he rose from the grave
- he is risen!
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To have its source (in a particular place).
- The majestic Marannon, or Amazon River, rises out of the Lake Launcocha, situated in the province of Tarma, in 10° 14ʹ south latitude, and ten leagues to the north of Pasco. — 1802
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To become perceptible to the senses (other than sight).
- a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower
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To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- A thought rose in me, which I believe very often perplexes […]men of contemplative natures. — 1714
To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
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(figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- The committee rose after agreeing to the report.
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(old-fashioned) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
- One side of the form is now to be lifted from the stone just enough to allow the compositor to see whether it will rise or not but not so high as to let any loose letters drop out. — 1872
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(no longer used) To retire; to give up a siege.
- He,[…] rising with small honour from Gunza,[…]was gone. — 1603

noun10

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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.
An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
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(UK, Australia) Ellipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
- The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.
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The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- The rise of the working class.
- The rise of the printing press.
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(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.
A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
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An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- the land rolls gently, so that, upon cresting a low rise or passing a copse of wind turbines, you suddenly spot a lot full of lorries or a complex of gigantic sheds. — 2019
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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.
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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.
The front of a diaper.

forms

rised · rose · rosest · risen · riz · rising · rises · riseth · risest

Phrases with rise

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