(n.) Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
(n.) Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
(n.) Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
(n.) Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
(n.) Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
(n.) Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
(n.) The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
(v.) In various figurative senses.
(v.) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.
(v.) To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
(v.) To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
(v.) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
(v.) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
(v.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.
(v.) 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.
(v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.
(v.) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
(v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like.
(v.) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
(v.) 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.
(v.) To become of higher value; to increase in price.
(v.) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
(v.) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
(v.) To come; to offer itself.
(v.) To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
(v.) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
(v.) To have the aspect or the effect of rising.
(v.) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
(v.) To increase in intensity; -- said of heat.
(v.) To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.
(v.) To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
(v.) To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
(v.) 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.
(v.) To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
(v.) 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.
(v.) To retire; to give up a siege.
(v.) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.
(v.) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
(v.) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
(v.) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.