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Dictionary: up·rise   (ŭp-rīz') pronunciation
intr.v., -rose (-rōz'), -ris·en (-rĭz'ən), -ris·ing, -ris·es.
  1. To get up or stand up; rise.
  2. To go, move, or incline upward; ascend.
  3. To rise into view, especially from below the horizon.
  4. To increase in pitch or volume; swell.
n. (ŭp'rīz')
  1. The act or process of rising.
  2. An upward slope; an ascent.

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verb

    To adopt a standing posture: arise, get up, rise, stand (up), upspring. Idioms: get to one's feet. See rise/fall.

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The verb has 8 meanings:

Meaning #1: come into existence; take on form or shape
  Synonyms: originate, arise, rise, develop, spring up, grow

Meaning #2: ascend as a sound

Meaning #3: rise up; of animals fur or hair; as in fear
  Synonyms: bristle, stand up

Meaning #4: rise to one's feet
  Synonyms: arise, rise, get up, stand up

Meaning #5: come up, of celestial bodies
  Synonyms: rise, come up, ascend

Meaning #6: move upward
  Synonyms: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up

Meaning #7: return from the dead
  Synonym: rise

Meaning #8: get up and out of bed
  Synonyms: get up, turn out, arise, rise


 
 
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