Rise

  • 31rise*/*/*/ — [raɪz] (past tense rose [rəʊz] ; past participle risen [ˈrɪz(ə)n] ) verb I 1) to move upwards or to a higher position The aircraft rose slowly into the air.[/ex] Thick black smoke rose from the middle of the town.[/ex] As the sun rose in the sky …

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  • 32rise — /ruyz/, v., rose, risen /riz euhn/, rising, n. v.i. 1. to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees. 2. to get up from bed, esp. to… …

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  • 33rise — v. & n. v.intr. (past rose; past part. risen) 1 move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up. 2 grow, project, expand, or incline upwards; become higher. 3 (of the sun, moon, or stars) appear above the horizon. 4 a get up from lying… …

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  • 34rise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. arise, ascend, soar; slope upward; loom, appear; increase, augment; originate, spring from; get up; prosper; revolt, rebel. n. ascent; acclivity, slope; origin, source; appreciation, increase;… …

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  • 35rise — [c]/raɪz / (say ruyz) verb (rose, risen, rising) –verb (i) 1. to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume a standing position. 2. to get up from bed: to rise early. 3. to become erect and stiff, as the hair. 4. to get up after… …

  • 36rise — [[t]raɪz[/t]] v. rose, ris•en [[t]ˈrɪz ən[/t]] ris•ing, n. 1) to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture 2) to get up from bed, esp. to begin the day after a night s sleep 3) phl to become erect and stiff, as the hair in fright 4) to… …

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  • 37rise — 1. verb 1) the sun rose Syn: move up/upwards, come up, make one s/its way up, arise, ascend, climb, mount, soar Ant: fall, descend, set 2) the mountains rising above us …

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  • 38rise to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rise to : present tense I/you/we/they rise to he/she/it rises to present participle rising to past tense rose to past participle risen to 1) rise to something to react to something in the way that someone… …

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  • 39rise — I. intransitive verb (rose; risen; rising) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rīsan; akin to Old High German rīsan to rise Date: before 12th century 1. a. to assume an upright position especially from lying, kneeling, or sitting b. to… …

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  • 40rise —   1. To rise up. Ala, pi i, aea, ea, kau, ho ālā, ho olapa; ae (as tide); hū (as yeast); kū (as dust); pūnohu, pūko a, pōnulu, nulu, nanulu (as smoke); pi ipi i kai (of a strong sea); ōpū, ōhū, kumoho (rare, as water); ulu, puka, pi i (as the… …

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