rise
noun
- baking term for when dough enlargens because of an internal chemical process
- ascention
verb
- to move upward
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹaɪz/ / /ɹaɪs/
name
Etymology: Variant spelling of Rice.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English ris, rys, from Old English hrīs, from Proto-Germanic *hrīsą (“twig; shoot”). More at rice.
- Alternative form of rice (“twig”).
verb
Etymology: From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, rise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to rise, spring”). See also raise. Cognates Cognate with Dutch rijzen (“to rise”), German reisen (“to fall”), Limburgish rieze (“to rise”), Faroese and Icelandic rísa (“to rise”), Norwegian Nynorsk risa, rise (“to rise”), Gothic *𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*reisan, “to rise”) (whence 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”)). Non-Germanic cognates include Cornish ardh (“height”), Irish arad, ard, árd (“high, tall”), Manx ard (“high, tall”), Scottish Gaelic àrd (“high”), Welsh ardd (“hill, upland”), Latin orior (“to rise”), Ancient Greek ἔρις (éris, “quarell, strife; contention, rivalry”) (whence Greek έριδα (érida, “feud”)), Albanian rashë (“to have fallen; to have flopped”), Bulgarian ръст (rǎst, “size; stature; growth”), Czech růst (“growth”), Macedonian раст (rast, “growth, height”), Polish rost, wzrost (“growth”), Russian рост (rost, “growth”), Serbo-Croatian ра̑ст, rȃst (“growth”), Slovene rȃst (“growth”), Old Armenian յառնեմ (yaṙnem, “to arise, rise”) (whence Armenian հառնել (haṙnel, “to rise up”)), Persian رمبیدن (rombidan, “to collapse”), Tocharian A ar- (“to evoke”), Tocharian B er- (“to evoke”), Hittite 𒀀𒊏𒀀𒄑𒍣 (arāwanzi, “to rise”), Sanskrit ऋ (ṛ, “to rise”).
- To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
“We watched the balloon rise.”
“Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.”
- To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
“This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.”
- To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
“The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.”
- To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
“And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.”
“The sun was rising in the East.”
- To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
“to rise from a chair or from a fall”
- To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
“Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair, In the morning, when we rise”
- To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
“he rose from the grave; he is risen!”
- To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
“The committee rose after agreeing to the report.”
“It was near nine[…]before the House rose.”
- To increase in value or standing.
“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.”
“among the rising theologians of Germany”
- To increase in value or standing.
“Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.”
- To increase in value or standing.
“to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.”
“The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.”
- To increase in value or standing.
“to rise a tone or semitone”
- To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
“to rise to the occasion”
“Thus far, my intellect has been able to rise sufficiently to meet every academic challenge that I have encountered.”
- To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
“As hunger and despondency became more intense, a determination rose within me to find a way of getting off the desert island.”
“To-night the winds begin to rise And roar from yonder dropping day: The last red leaf is whirl’d away, The rooks are blown about the skies; […]”
- To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
“Has that dough risen yet?”
- To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
“The majestic Marannon, or Amazon River, rises out of the Lake Launcocha, situated in the province of Tarma, in 10° 14ʹ south latitude, and ten leagues to the north of Pasco.”
- To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
“a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower”
- To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
“At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection.”
“No more ſhall nation againſt nation riſe, / Nor ardent vvarriours meet vvith hateful eyes, […]”
- To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
“A thought rose in me, which I believe very often perplexes […]men of contemplative natures.”
- To go up; to ascend; to climb.
“to rise a hill”
- To cause to go up or ascend.
“to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water”
“to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it”
- To retire; to give up a siege.
“He,[…] rising with small honour from Gunza,[…]was gone.”
- To come; to offer itself.
“There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize, / An auncient booke, […]”
- To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
“One side of the form is now to be lifted from the stone just enough to allow the compositor to see whether it will rise or not but not so high as to let any loose letters drop out.”