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Definitions for Rising

[1] advancing, ascending, or mounting: rising smoke.
[2] growing or advancing to adult years: the rising generation.
[3] somewhat more than: The crop came to rising 6000 bushels.
[4] in approach of; almost; well-nigh: a lad rising sixteen.
[5] the act of a person or thing that rises.
[6] an insurrection; rebellion; revolt.
[7] something that rises; projection or prominence.
[8] a period of leavening of dough preceding baking.
[9] Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a morbid swelling, as an abscess or boil.
[10] Also called riser. Nautical . a stringer supporting the thwarts of an open boat.
[11] to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
[12] to get up from bed, especially to begin the day after a night's sleep: to rise early.
[13] to become erect and stiff, as the hair in fright.
[14] to get up after falling or being thrown down.
[15] to become active in opposition or resistance; revolt or rebel.
[16] to be built up, erected, or constructed.
[17] to spring up or grow, as plants: Weeds rose overnight.
[18] to become prominent on or project from a surface, as a blister.
[19] to come into existence; appear.
[20] to come into action, as a wind or storm.
[21] to occur: A quarrel rose between them.
[22] to originate, issue, or be derived; to have a source.
[23] to move from a lower to a higher position; move upward; ascend: The bird rose in the air.
[24] to ascend above the horizon, as a heavenly body.
[25] to extend directly upward; project vertically: The tower rises to a height of 60 feet. The building rises above the city's other skyscrapers.
[26] to have an upward slant or curve: The path rises as it approaches the woods.
[27] to attain higher rank, status, or importance or a higher economic level: to rise in the world.
[28] to advance to a higher level of action, thought, feeling, etc.: to rise above the commonplace.
[29] Angling . (of fish) to come up toward the surface of the water in pursuit of food or bait.
[30] to prove oneself equal to a demand, emergency, etc. (followed by to ): to rise to the occasion; to rise to one's responsibilities.
[31] to become animated, cheerful, or heartened, as the spirits.
[32] to become roused or stirred: to feel one's temper rising.
[33] to increase in height, as the level of water: The river rose thirty feet in eight hours.
[34] to swell or puff up, as dough from the action of yeast.
[35] to increase in amount, as prices.
[36] to increase in price or value, as commodities.
[37] to increase in degree, intensity, or force, as fever, color, etc.
[38] to become louder or of higher pitch, as the voice.
[39] to adjourn or close a session, as a deliberative body or court.
[40] to return from the dead: Christ rose from the dead and on the third day ascended into heaven.
[41] Nonstandard . to cause to rise.
[42] Nautical . to cause (something) to rise above the visible horizon by approaching nearer to it; raise.
[43] an act or instance of rising.
[44] appearance above the horizon, as of the sun or moon.
[45] elevation or increase in rank, fortune, influence, power, etc.: the rise and fall of ancient Rome.
[46] an increase in height, as of the level of water.
[47] the amount of such increase.
[48] an increase in amount, as of prices.
[49] an increase in price or value, as of commodities.
[50] Chiefly British . raise(defs 33–35) .
[51] an increase in degree or intensity, as of temperature.
[52] an increase in loudness or in pitch, as of the voice.
[53] Architecture , Building Trades . the measured height of any of various things, as a roof, a flight of steps, a stair step, or the crown of a road. the measured height of an arch from the springing line to the highest point of the intrados.
[54] the vertical distance through which the floor of an elevator or the like passes.
[55] origin, source, or beginning: the rise of a stream in a mountain.
[56] a coming into existence or notice: the rise of a new talent.
[57] extension upward.
[58] the amount of such extension.
[59] upward slope, as of ground or a road.
[60] a piece of rising or high ground: a house built upon a gentle rise.
[61] the distance between the crotch and the waist of a pair of trousers: Pants with a high rise are now in style.
[62] Angling . the coming up of a fish toward the surface in pursuit of food or bait.
[63] rise above , to ignore or be indifferent to, as an insult.
[64] an insurrection or rebellion; revolt
[65] the yeast or leaven used to make dough rise in baking
[66] increasing in rank, status, or reputation a rising young politician
[67] increasing in maturity; growing up to adulthood the rising generation
[68] informal approaching the age of; nearly she's rising 40
[69] to get up from a lying, sitting, kneeling, or prone position
[70] to get out of bed, esp to begin one's day he always rises early
[71] to move from a lower to a higher position or place; ascend
[72] to ascend or appear above the horizon the sun is rising
[73] to increase in height or level the water rose above the normal level
[74] to attain higher rank, status, or reputation he will rise in the world
[75] to be built or erected those blocks of flats are rising fast
[76] to become apparent; appear new troubles rose to afflict her
[77] to increase in strength, degree, intensity, etc her spirits rose ; the wind is rising
[78] to increase in amount or value house prices are always rising
[79] to swell up dough rises
[80] to become erect, stiff, or rigid the hairs on his neck rose in fear
[81] (of one's stomach or gorge) to manifest or feel nausea; retch
[82] to become actively rebellious; revolt the people rose against their oppressors
[83] to slope upwards the ground rises beyond the lake
[84] to return from the dead; be resurrected
[85] to originate; come into existence that river rises in the mountains
[86] (of a session of a court, legislative assembly, etc) to come to an end; adjourn
[87] angling (of fish) to come to the surface of the water, as when taking flies
[88] (tr) nautical another term for raise (def. 20)
[89] (often foll by to) informal to respond (to teasing, etc) or fall into a trap prepared for one
[90] the act or an instance of rising; ascent
[91] an increase in height; elevation
[92] an increase in rank, status, or position
[93] an increase in amount, cost, or value
[94] an increase in degree or intensity
[95] British an increase in salary or wages US and Canadian word: raise
[96] a piece of rising ground
[97] an upward slope or incline
[98] the appearance of the sun, moon, or other celestial body above the horizon
[99] the vertical height of a step or of a flight of stairs
[100] the vertical height of a roof above the walls or columns
[101] the height of an arch above the impost level
[102] angling the act or instance of fish coming to the surface of the water to take flies, etc
[103] the beginning, origin, or source; derivation
[104] slang an erection of the penis
[105] get a rise out of or take a rise out of to provoke an angry or petulant reaction from
[106] give rise to to cause the development of; produce

Words related to Rising

soaring, growing, increasing, spiraling, ascending, mounting, emerging, advancing

Words nearby Rising

risen, riser, rishi, risibility, risible, rising, rising action, rising damp, rising diphthong, rising hinge, rising rhythm

Origin of Rising

ebefore 1000; Middle English risen (v.), Old English rīsan; cognate with Dutch rijzen, Old High German rīsan, Gothic reisan; akin to raise, rear2

Words that may be confused with Rising

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, riseraise, rise, (see, usage, note, at, raise)

Other words from Rising

un·ris·ing , adjective
half-rise , noun
re·rise , verb, re·rose, re·ris·en, re·ris·ing.
un·ris·en , adjective

Word origin for Rising

eOld English rīsan ; related to Old Saxon rīsan , Gothic reisan

Synonyms for Rising

ascending, growing, increasing, soaring, spiraling, surging, advancing, emerging, mounting, skyrocketing, going up, upsurging