1. (verb)rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise move upward "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
2. (verb)rise, go up, climb increase in value or to a higher point "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
3. (verb)arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up rise to one's feet "The audience got up and applauded"
4. (verb)rise, lift, rear rise up "The building rose before them"
5. (verb)surface, come up, rise up, rise come to the surface
6. (verb)originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow come into existence; take on form or shape "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
7. (verb)ascend, move up, rise move to a betterposition in life or to a better job "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
8. (verb)wax, mount, climb, rise go up or advance "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
9. (verb)heighten, rise become moreextreme "The tension heightened"
10. (verb)get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise get up and out of bed "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
11. (verb)rise, jump, climb up rise in rank or status "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
12. (verb)rise become heartened or elated "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
13. (verb)rise exert oneself to meet a challenge "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
15. (verb)rise, prove increase in volume "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
16. (verb)rise, come up, uprise, ascend come up, of celestial bodies "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
17. (verb)resurrect, rise, uprise return from the dead "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
Definition of 'rise'
