rise

rise [rīz]

vi.

rose, risen [riz′ən] rising [ME risen < OE risan, akin to OHG risan, ON risa < IE * ereis-, extension of base * er-, to set in motion, raise > RUN, L oriri, to rise, Gr ornynai, to arouse]

I to get up

1. to stand or assume a vertical or more nearly vertical position, after sitting, kneeling, or lying

2. to get up after sleeping or resting

3. to rebel; revolt

4. to end an official assembly or meeting; adjourn

5. to rise from the dead; resurrect

II to go up

1. to go to a higher place or position; ascend

2. to appear above the horizon [the moon rose]

3. to attain greater height or a higher level [the river rose rapidly]

4. to advance in social status, rank, importance, etc.; become rich, famous, successful, etc.

5. to become erect or rigid

6. to form an elevation; extend upward [the tower rising above the trees]

7. to have an upward incline or slant [hills rising steeply]

8. to move upward to the surface of the water, as a fish seeking to take a fly, bait, etc.

III to increase in some way

1. to increase in amount, degree, quantity, price, etc.

2. to increase in volume of sound; become louder, shriller, etc.

3. to become stronger, more vivid, more buoyant, etc. [his spirits rose]

4. to become larger and puffier: used esp. of dough containing yeast

IV to appear by or as by rising

1. to originate, begin, or spring up

2. to have its source: said of a stream

3. to happen; occur

4. to become apparent to the senses or the mind [land rising ahead of the ship]

5. to be stirred up; become aroused [to make someone's temper rise]

6. to be built [a house rising on the hill]

vt.

to cause to rise, as birds from cover or a fish to the surface of the water

n.

1. the actual or refracted appearance of the sun, moon, etc. above the horizon

2. upward movement; ascent

3. an advance in social status, rank, importance, etc.

4. the appearance of a fish at the water's surface

5. a piece of high or rising ground; hill

6. a slope upward

7. the vertical height of something, as of a flight of stairs or a single step

8. an increase in

9.

a) height, as of water level

b) volume or pitch of a sound

c) degree, amount, price, value, etc.

10. a beginning, origin, springing up, etc.

11. Brit. a raise (in wages, etc.)

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get a rise out of

Slang to draw a desired response from by teasing or provoking

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give rise to

to cause to appear or come into existence

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rise to

to prove oneself capable of coping with [to rise to the occasion]

SYN.- RISE and ARISE both imply a coming into being, action, notice, etc., but RISE carries an added implication of ascent [empires rise and fall ] and ARISE is often used to indicate a causal relationship [accidents arise from carelessness ]; SPRING implies sudden emergence [weeds sprang up in the garden ]; ORIGINATE is used in indicating a definite source, beginning, or prime cause [psychoanalysis originated with Freud ]; DERIVE implies a proceeding or developing from something else that is the source [this word derives from the Latin ]; FLOW suggests a streaming from a source like water [“Praise God, from whom all blessings flow” ]; ISSUE suggests emergence through an outlet [not a word issued from his lips ]; EMANATE implies the flowing forth from a source of something that is nonmaterial or intangible [rays of light emanating from the sun ]; STEM¹ implies outgrowth as from a root or a main stalk [modern detective fiction stems from Poe ]