v., rose (rōz), ris·en (rĭz'ən), ris·ing, ris·es. v.intr.
- To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
- To get out of bed: rose at dawn.
- To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend: Hot air rises.
- To increase in size, volume, or level: The river rises every spring.
- To increase in number, amount, or value: Prices are rising.
- To increase in intensity, force, or speed: The wind has risen.
- To increase in pitch or volume: The sound of their voices rose and fell.
- To appear above the horizon: The sun rises later in the fall.
- To extend upward; be prominent: The tower rose above the hill.
- To slant or slope upward: Mount McKinley rises to nearly 6,200 meters.
- To come into existence; originate.
- To be erected: New buildings are rising in the city.
- To appear at the surface of the water or the earth; emerge.
- To puff up or become larger; swell up: The bread dough should rise to double its original size.
- To become stiff and erect.
- To attain a higher status: an officer who rose through the ranks.
- To become apparent to the mind or senses: Old fears rose to haunt me.
- To uplift oneself to meet a demand or challenge: She rose to the occasion and won the election.
- To return to life.
- To rebel: “the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government” (Abraham Lincoln).
- To close a session of an official assembly; adjourn.
- To cause to rise.
- To cause (a distant object at sea) to become visible above the horizon by advancing closer.
- The act of rising; ascent.
- The degree of elevation or ascent.
- The appearance of the sun or other celestial body above the horizon.
- An increase in height, as of the level of water.
- A gently sloped hill.
- A long broad elevation that slopes gently from the earth's surface or the ocean floor.
- An origin, beginning, or source: the rise of a river.
- Occasion or opportunity: facts that give rise to doubts about her motives.
- The emergence of a fish seeking food or bait at the water's surface.
- An increase in price, worth, quantity, or degree.
- An increase in intensity, volume, or pitch.
- Elevation in status, prosperity, or importance: the family's rise in New York society.
- The height of a flight of stairs or of a single riser.
- Chiefly British. An increase in salary or wages; a raise.
- Informal. An angry or irritated reaction: finally got a rise out of her.
- The distance between the crotch and waistband in pants, shorts, or underwear.
[Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan.]
SYNONYMS rise, ascend, climb, soar, tower, mount. These verbs mean to move upward from a lower to a higher position. Rise has the widest range of application: We rose at dawn. The sun rises early in the summer. Prices rise and fall. Ascend frequently suggests a gradual step-by-step rise: The plane took off and ascended steadily until it was out of sight. Climb connotes steady, often effortful progress, as against gravity: “You climb up through the little grades and then get to the top” (John Updike). Soar implies effortless ascent to a great height: A lone condor soared above the Andean peaks. To tower is to attain a height or prominence exceeding one's surroundings: “the tall Lombardy poplar … towering high above all other trees” (W.H. Hudson). Mount connotes a progressive climb to a higher level: Our expenses mounted fearfully. See also synonyms at beginning, stem.
