English Dictionary

rise

/ɹaɪz/

verb

To move upwards. / To grow upward; to attain a certain height. / To slope upward.

The sun will rise tomorrow morning.

意味（1）

To move upwards.

We watched the balloon rise.

意味（2）

To grow upward; to attain a certain height.

This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.

意味（3）

To slope upward.

The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.

意味（4）

(of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.

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.

意味（5）

To become erect; to assume an upright position.

to rise from a chair or from a fall

意味（6）

To leave one's bed; to get up.

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair,

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair, In the morning, when we rise

意味（7）

(figuratively) To be resurrected.

he rose from the grave; he is risen!

意味（8）

(figuratively) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.

The committee rose after agreeing to the report.

意味（9）

To attain a higher status.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

意味（10）

Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.

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.

意味（11）

To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.

to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.

意味（12）

To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.

to rise a tone or semitone

意味（13）

To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.

to rise to the occasion

意味（14）

To develop.

As hunger and despondency became more intense, a determination rose within me to find a way of getting off the desert island.

意味（15）

To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.

Has that dough risen yet?

意味（16）

(of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).

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.

意味（17）

To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.

a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower

意味（18）

To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.

At our heels all hell should rise

At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection.

意味（19）

To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.

A thought rose in me, which I believe very often perplexes […]men of contemplative natures.

意味（20）

(transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.

to rise a hill

意味（21）

(transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.

to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water

意味（22）

(obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.

He, […] rising with small honour from Gunza, […] was gone.

意味（23）

To come; to offer itself.

There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize, / An auncient booke, […]

意味（24）

(printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.