Definitions for rises

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rises rise

Spelling: [rahyz]

IPA: /raɪz/

Rises is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in rises (eirss).

Definitions for rises

noun

1. an act or instance of rising.
2. appearance above the horizon, as of the sun or moon.
3. elevation or increase in rank, fortune, influence, power, etc.:
4. an increase in height, as of the level of water.
5. the amount of such increase.
6. an increase in amount, as of prices.
7. an increase in price or value, as of commodities.
8. Chiefly British. raise (defs 33–35).
9. an increase in degree or intensity, as of temperature.
10. an increase in loudness or in pitch, as of the voice.
11. Architecture, Building Trades. the measured height of any of various things, as a roof, a flight of steps, a stair step, or the crown of a road. the measured height of an arch from the springing line to the highest point of the intrados.
12. the vertical distance through which the floor of an elevator or the like passes.
13. origin, source, or beginning:
14. a coming into existence or notice:
15. extension upward.
16. the amount of such extension.
17. upward slope, as of ground or a road.
18. a piece of rising or high ground:
19. the distance between the crotch and the waist of a pair of trousers:
20. Angling. the coming up of a fish toward the surface in pursuit of food or bait.

Idioms

1. get a rise out of, Informal. to provoke, as to action or anger. to evoke the expected or desired response from.
2. give rise to, to originate; produce; cause:

Verb phrases

1. rise above, to ignore or be indifferent to, as an insult.

verb (used with object)

1. Nonstandard. to cause to rise.
2. Nautical. to cause (something) to rise above the visible horizon by approaching nearer to it; raise.

verb (used without object)

1. to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position:
2. to get up from bed, especially to begin the day after a night's sleep:
3. to become erect and stiff, as the hair in fright.
4. to get up after falling or being thrown down.
5. to become active in opposition or resistance; revolt or rebel.
6. to be built up, erected, or constructed.
7. to spring up or grow, as plants:
8. to become prominent on or project from a surface, as a blister.
9. to come into existence; appear.
10. to come into action, as a wind or storm.
11. to occur:
12. to originate, issue, or be derived; to have a source.
13. to move from a lower to a higher position; move upward; ascend:
14. to ascend above the horizon, as a heavenly body.
15. to extend directly upward; project vertically:
16. to have an upward slant or curve:
17. to attain higher rank, status, or importance or a higher economic level:
18. to advance to a higher level of action, thought, feeling, etc.:
19. Angling. (of fish) to come up toward the surface of the water in pursuit of food or bait.
20. to prove oneself equal to a demand, emergency, etc. (followed by to):
21. to become animated, cheerful, or heartened, as the spirits.
22. to become roused or stirred:
23. to increase in height, as the level of water:
24. to swell or puff up, as dough from the action of yeast.
25. to increase in amount, as prices.
26. to increase in price or value, as commodities.
27. to increase in degree, intensity, or force, as fever, color, etc.
28. to become louder or of higher pitch, as the voice.
29. to adjourn or close a session, as a deliberative body or court.
30. to return from the dead:

Origin of rises

before 1000; Middle English risen (v.), Old English rīsan; cognate with Dutch rijzen, Old High German rīsan, Gothic reisan; akin to raise, Examples for rises

Making an effort to rise, he seemed surprised at his own weakness.

The latest reported death toll is 80 children and 46 adults, but that is expected to rise.

Check out our definitive collection of destinations on the rise for next year.

Most importantly, they were all deleted long before that percentage could rise any higher.

We tend to think not, but the rise of King, Kennedy, and Lincoln was unlikely, too.

They seemed to rise from some eternal deep within her, yet not to be of her making.

The rise and fall of civilisations may be called mankind's lessons in "how not to do it."

He felt thankful when the morning dawned, and it was time to rise.

However, when we rise to go, it is well after midnight, and I am in a pleasant daze.

The American people need to rise up and hold their elected officials accountable.