rise (rise)

verb (past rose /rəʊz/; past participle risen /ˈrɪz(ə)n/)

• 1move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up: the tiny aircraft rose from the ground
• (of the sun, moon, or another celestial body) appear above the horizon: the sun had just risen
• (of a fish) come to the surface of water: a fish rose and was hooked and landed
• reach a higher position in society or one’s profession: the officer was a man of great courage who had risen from the ranks
• (rise above) succeed in not being limited or constrained by (a restrictive environment or situation): he struggled to rise above his humble background
• (rise above) be superior to: I try to rise above prejudice

• 2get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling: she pushed back her chair and rose
• get out of bed, especially in the morning: I rose and got dressed
• chiefly British (of a meeting or a session of a court) adjourn: the judge’s remark heralded the signal for the court to rise
• be restored to life: three days later he rose from the dead

• 3cease to be submissive, obedient, or peaceful: the activists urged militant factions to rise up
• (rise to) 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
• (rise to) (of a person) react with annoyance or argument to (provocation): he didn’t rise to my teasing

• 4(of a river) have its source: the Euphrates rises in Turkey
• (of a wind) start to blow or to blow more strongly: the wind continued to rise

• 5(of land or a natural feature) incline upwards; become higher: the moorlands rise and fall in gentle folds
• (of a structure or natural feature) be much taller than the surrounding landscape: the cliff rose more than a hundred feet above us
• (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-storey houses are slowly rising
• (of dough) swell by the action of yeast: leave the dough in a warm place to rise
• (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

• 6increase in number, size, amount, or degree: land prices had risen
• (of the sea, a river, or other body of water) increase in level, typically through tidal action or flooding: the river level rose so high the work had to be abandoned
• (of a barometer or other measuring instrument) give a higher reading.
• (of a sound) become louder or higher in pitch: my voice rose an octave or two as I screamed
• (of an emotion) develop and become more intense: he felt a tide of resentment rising in him
• (of a person’s mood) become more cheerful: her spirits rose as they left the ugly city behind
• (of the colour in a person’s face) become deeper, especially as a result of embarrassment: he was teasing her, and she could feel her colour rising

• 7 (rising) approaching (a specified age): she was thirty-nine rising forty

noun

• 1an upward movement; an instance of rising: the bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises
• an instance of social, commercial, or political advancement: few models have had such a meteoric rise
• an upward slope or hill: I gained the crest of a rise and saw the plain stretched out before me
• the vertical height of a step, arch, or incline.
• another term for riser (sense 2).

• 2an increase in number, size, amount, or degree: local people are worried by the rise in crime
• British an increase in salary or wages: non-supervisory staff were given a 5 per cent rise

• 3an increase in sound or pitch: the rise and fall of his voice

• 4 [in singular] a source or origin: it was here that the brook had its rise