Rise

1. Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
2. Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
3. To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like.
4. The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
5. Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
7. To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.
8. To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.
9. To retire; to give up a siege.
10. Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
11. To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
12. To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
13. To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
14. To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
15. To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.
16. To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.
17. To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
18. To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
19. To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.
20. In various figurative senses.
21. Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
22. To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore.
23. To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
24. To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.
25. To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
26. The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.
27. To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
28. To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
29. To increase in intensity; -- said of heat.
30. To have the aspect or the effect of rising.
31. To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
32. To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
33. To become of higher value; to increase in price.
34. To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
35. To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer.
36. Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
37. To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait.
38. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
39. The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
40. To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
41. To come; to offer itself.
42. To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.