rise
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Is rise a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of rise?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.Examples: "We watched the balloon rise."; "Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops."Synonyms: climb, go upintransitive
2. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.Examples: "This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet."intransitive
3. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.Examples: "The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill."intransitive
4. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.Examples: "And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead."; "The sun was rising in the East."intransitive
5. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.Examples: "to rise from a chair or from a fall"intransitive
6. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.Examples: "Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair, In the morning, when we rise"Synonyms: ariseintransitive
noun (English)
1. (chiefly UK, also Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.AustraliaCanadaNew-ZealandSouth-AfricaUKalso
2. (UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) Ellipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).Examples: "The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six."AustraliaCanadaIrelandUKabbreviationalt-ofellipsissometimes
3. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
4. (informal) A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.Examples: "Making fun of their football team is one sure way to get a rise from a crowd."; "She really got a rise from the audience when she donned a wig and talked like the president."informal
5. (architecture) The height of an arch or a step.Examples: "As the rise, i.e. height, of the arch decreases, the outward thrust increases."; "Each step had a rise of 170 mm and a going of 250 mm."
Definition source: Wiktionary