Definition of rize

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1. rise [ v ] move upward
Examples: "The fog lifted" "The smoke arose from the forest fire" "The mist uprose from the meadows"

Used in print:

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

As flexibility improves , the feet will move closer to the hands and the bridge rise higher .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

It will rise during lapse conditions .

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

With the spring rains the flow rose rapidly due_to infiltration in open sewers .

When the algae began to build_up again , the effluent BOD rose .

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

Gazing at her husband 's drugged body , his chest rising and falling in mindless rhythms , she saw the grandeur of his fictional world , that lush garden from which he plucked flowers and herbs .

Synonyms rise go_up move_up lift come_up arise uprise Related Terms descend travel climb soar go_up chandelle scend steam rocket uplift surface elevation

2. rise [ v ] increase in value or to a higher point
Examples: "prices climbed steeply" "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

Used in print:

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

The temperature rose to 105 ` .

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

The street was unpaved and rose steeply toward the center ; it was mud in wet weather and dust , ankle-deep , in dry , and could be crossed only at the corner where there were stepping_stones .

(Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)

In this model , we abstract from all non wage sources of cost changes , so that the `` public limit price '' only rises as the wage rate rises .

Since marginal_costs rise when the wage rate rises , the profit_maximizing price also rises when the public limit price is elevated , and is likely to remain well above the latter .

Synonyms rise go_up climb Related Terms grow jump advance soar bull climb

3. rise [ v ] rise to one's feet
Examples: "The audience got up and applauded"

Used in print:

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

Serum potassium at this time was 3.8 mEq. per liter , and the hemoglobin was 13.9 gm. By Dec. 1 , 1958 , the weakness in the pelvic and quadriceps muscle groups was appreciably worse , and it became difficult for the patient to rise unaided from a sitting or reclining position .

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Ablard_Corne , a short man with a rotunda of stomach , rose .

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Adam rose from the crouch necessary to enter the hut .

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

It was amazing how they had herded together for protection : an enormous matriarch in a quilted silk wrapper , rising from the breakfast_table ; a gross boy in his teens , shuffling in from the kitchen with a sandwich in his hands ; a girl in her twenties , fat and sullen , descending the marble staircase ; then all four gathering on the sofa to face the inquisitor .

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

When Alexander_Brandel rose to speak , the hall became silent .

Synonyms stand_up rise get_up arise uprise Related Terms sit_down lie_down change_posture bristle take_the_floor

4. rise [ v ] rise up
Examples: "The building rose before them"

Used in print:

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

On their right rose the embankment covered with brush and trees .

Synonyms rise rear lift Related Terms look loom upgrade

5. rise [ n ] a growth in strength or number or importance

Used in print:

(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)

In this design the anode holder is water_cooled and the heat losses by conduction from the anode were determined by measuring the temperature rise of the coolant .

Assuming thermal equilibrium between the anode surface and the transpiring argon , the gas enthalpy rise through the anode was calculated according_to the relation **f whereby the specific_heat of argon was taken as **f .

This calculation results in an enthalpy rise which is somewhat high because it assumes a mass flow equally distributed over the plug cross_section whereas in_reality the mass velocity is expected to be smaller in the regions of higher temperatures .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

They then point_out that with our present lack of knowledge of all the factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics , it is unlikely that a planned episode could be initiated .

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

The epic_poems , the consolidation of the Greek pantheon , the rise of firm political_units , the self-awareness which could permit painted and sculptured representations of men - all these had to await the progress of following decades .

Synonyms rise Related Terms fall emergence wave spike crime_wave heighten

6. rise [ v ] come to the surface

Used in print:

("Editorials"...)

When East_Germans fled to the West by the thousands , paeans of joy rose from the throats of Western publicists .

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

In this process the Minoan Mycenaean inheritance had been transmuted or finally rejected ; the Aegean world which had existed before 1000 differed from that which rises more clearly in our vision after 800 .

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

The smoke from that chimney rose as sluggishly as smoke from any other , and hung as sadly in the drizzle , creeping back_down along the sopping canvas of the roof .

He thought_of Simms_Purdew , who once had risen at the edge of a cornfield , a maniacal scream on his lips , and swung a clubbed musket like a flail to beat down the swirl of Rebel bayonets about him .

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

The clocks struck seven-thirty as they approached the hotel entrance ; and hopes that the chambermaid and patronne would still be abed began to rise in Alex 's well exercised breast .

Synonyms rise rise_up come_up surface Related Terms ascend well emerge bubble_up resurface surface lift surfacing

7. rise [ v ] be promoted, move to a better position

Used in print:

(Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)

Han 's student days were at_a time when Europe was in a new intellectual ferment following the revolutions in America and in France , Germany and Italy were rising from divisive nationalisms and a strong wave of intellectual awareness was sweeping the Continent .

(Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)

On the eve of his return to their native Naxos he speaks with his wife of the masterpiece which rises before them in its completed perfection .

(Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)

To free the factors of production was a major objective of the rising bourgeoisie , and this objective required that governmental authority - administrative_officials and judges - be limited as precisely and explicitly as possible ; that old customs which inhibited trade be abrogated ; that business be free from governmental supervision and notions of morality which might clog the automatic adjustments of the free market ; that obligations of status that were inconsistent with the new politics and the new economics be done away with .

Synonyms rise move_up Related Terms change queen

8. rise [ v ] get up and out of bed
Examples: "I get up at 7 A.M. every day" "They rose early" "He uprose at night"

Used in print:

(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)

And when he complained of the lack of time for all he wanted to do , Henrietta advised him to rise at five in the morning as she and Papa did .

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

On the morning of September 10 , 1895 , Powell and Ross rose at dawn and began their day 's work .

Synonyms get_up rise uprise arise turn_out Related Terms go_to_bed go_to_bed riser

9. rise [ v ] come into existence; take on form or shape
Examples: "A new religious movement originated in that country" "a love that sprang up from friendship," "the idea for the book grew out of a short story" "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

Used in print:

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

Whenever artists , indeed , turned_to actual representations or molded three-dimensional_figures , which were rare down to 800 B.C. , they tended to reflect reality ( see Plate 6a , 9b ) ; a schematic , abstract treatment of men and animals , by intent , rose only in the late eighth century .

Synonyms arise develop originate spring_up grow rise uprise Related Terms become come well_up come_forth resurge head develop initiation emergence

10. rise [ v ] become more extreme
Examples: "The tension heightened"

Used in print:

("Editorials"...)

As the civic temper rises , the more naive citizens begin to play soldier - but the guns are real .

Synonyms rise heighten Related Terms increase

11. rise [ v ] go up or advance
Examples: "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

Used in print:

(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)

If the retailer and hotelman 's downtown unit sales have been decreasing , however , his dollar_volume continues to rise , and it is dollars which you put_in the bank .

Synonyms mount rise climb wax Related Terms wane increase jump advance upgrade climb waxing

12. rise [ n ] the act of changing location in an upward direction

Used in print:

(Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)

A back pressure was then introduced , and the rise or fall of the material in the manometer indicated which was greater , the normal pressure in the block or the back pressure .

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

Jessica_Packard lifted her head and followed the retreating figure , her eyes resting nearly closed on the unself-conscious rise and fall of the rounded hips .

Synonyms rise ascending ascension ascent Related Terms motion climb soar levitation heave arise ascend

13. rise [ v ] rise in rank or status
Examples: "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

Used in print:

(87th Congress, 1st Session. House Document No. 247....)

He is most effective in the ordinary business of the House , and in the legislative accomplishments of_this session , he easily rose to great occasion - even at the height of unpleasantness and exciting legislative struggle - and as the Nation witnessed these contests , he rose , even as admitted by those who differed with him , to the proportions of a hero and a noble partisan .

It seems to me that the prayers of the whole free_world must rise like some vast petition to Providence that Sam_Rayburn 's vigor and his life remain undiminished through the coming decades .

(Allen R. Bosworth, The Crows of Edwina Hill....)

He may_not rise to the heights , but he can get_by , and eventually be retired .

Synonyms rise jump climb_up Related Terms change leap

14. rise [ v ] become heartened or elated
Examples: "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"

Used in print:

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

That cold_frame was my morale_builder ; its mass of bright bloom set in a border of snow made my spirits rise every time I looked at it .

Synonyms rise

15. rise [ v ] exert oneself to meet a challenge
Examples: "rise to a challenge" "rise to the occasion"

Used in print:

(Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)

So impressive were those serious years of study at the university that Hans later wrote , `` to be perfectly free , the young man must revel in the great kingdom of thought and imagination ; there is a struggle there , in which , if he falls , it is easy for him to rise again , there is freedom of utterance there , which draws after it no irreparable consequences on society .

Synonyms rise Related Terms tackle

16. rise [ v ] come up, of celestial bodies
Examples: "The sun also rises": "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..." "Jupiter ascends"

Used in print:

(The Family Handyman, 11:5...)

Note where the sun rises and sets , and ask which direction the prevailing_winds and storms come from .

Synonyms rise uprise ascend come_up Related Terms set astronomy

17. rise [ n ] an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Examples: "the car couldn't make the grade"

Used in print:

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

The man began to creep in the wrong direction , deceived by a slight rise in the ground !

Synonyms rise acclivity raise climb upgrade ascent Related Terms descent slope uphill climb ascend

18. rise [ n ] a movement upward
Examples: "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"

Used in print:

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

Brevet_Major_General_George_Armstrong_Custer was the regiment 's first permanent commander and , like such generals as George_S._Patton and Terry_de_la_Mesa_Allen in their rise to military prominence , Custer was a believer in blood_and_guts warfare .

Synonyms rise ascension ascent rising Related Terms fall change_of_location uplifting elevation heave upheaval liftoff climb takeoff rapid_climb ascend

19. rise [ v ] increase in volume
Examples: "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"

Used in print:

("Editorials"...)

R._H._S._Crossman , M.P. , writing in The_Manchester_Guardian , states that departures from West_Berlin are now running at the rate not of 700 , but of 1700 a week , and applications to leave have risen to 1900 a week .

Synonyms rise prove Related Terms grow

20. rise [ v ] get up from a sitting or lying position
Examples: "The audience rose when then conductor entered the orchestra pit" "Rise from your chair"

Used in print:

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

Stevens was grunting over the last empty pocket when Russ abruptly rose and lunged toward Carmer 's hat , which had tumbled half-a-dozen feet away when he first fell .

Synonyms straighten rise Related Terms sink change_posture rear draw_up scend surface

21. rise [ n ] the amount a salary is increased
Examples: "he got a 3% raise" "he got a wage hike"

Used in print:

(Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)

In this model , then , the industry is presumed to realize that they could successfully resist a change in the basic wage rate , but since such a change is the only effective means to raising prices they may , in circumstances to be spelled_out in Part 2 , below , find it to their advantage to allow the wage rise .

Synonyms raise rise salary_increase wage_hike wage_increase hike Related Terms increase hike

22. rise [ v ] take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

Used in print:

(Peter Eldersveld, "Faith Amid Fear"...)

though war should rise against me , in_this will I be confident '' .

Synonyms rebel rise rise_up arise Related Terms protest revolt mutiny rebellion

23. rise [ v ] grow in volume, as under the influence of heat or fermentation; of substances

Used in print:

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

They usually range from 20 to 60 feet in_height , but when they pour into a V shaped inlet or harbor they may rise to mountainous proportions .

Synonyms rise Related Terms expand grow

24. rise [ n ] the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

Used in print:

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

Her house stood on a rise of ground , and before she got_into her car she looked at the houses below .

Synonyms rise rising_slope upgrade Related Terms grade wax

25. rise [ n ] an increase in cost
Examples: "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"

Synonyms boost cost_increase hike rise Related Terms increase hike

26. rise [ n ] (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Examples: "the emanation of the Holy Spirit" "the rising of the Holy Ghost" "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"

Synonyms procession rise emanation Related Terms origin theology

27. rise [ v ] return from the dead
Examples: "Christ is risen!" "The dead are to uprise"

Synonyms uprise resurrect rise Related Terms return resurrect

28. rise [ n ] a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

Synonyms rise lift Related Terms wave surface

29. rise [ n ] increase in price or value
Examples: : "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"

Synonyms rise advance Related Terms increase

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