rise

B1
Pronunciation
/ɹaɪs/
/ɹaɪs/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.

Example Sentences
  • Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure.
2 Definition

The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.

Example Sentences
  • The rise of the feminists.
3 Definition

An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).

4 Definition

The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.

Example Sentences
  • The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.
5 Definition

An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).

Example Sentences
  • The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.
6 Definition

A small hill; used chiefly in place names.

7 Definition

An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.

8 Definition

An angry reaction.

Example Sentences
  • I knew that would get a rise out of him.
9 Definition

(now chiefly) A twig or stick.

10 Definition

A bobbin or spool.

Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.

2 Definition

To increase in value or standing.

3 Definition

To begin; to develop.

4 Definition

To go up; to ascend; to climb.

Example Sentences
  • to rise a hill
5 Definition

To cause to go up or ascend.

Example Sentences
  • to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water
6 Definition

To retire; to give up a siege.

7 Definition

To come; to offer itself.

8 Definition

To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.