Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To get up or stand up; rise.
- intransitive verb To go, move, or incline upward; ascend.
- intransitive verb To rise into view, especially from below the horizon.
- intransitive verb To increase in pitch or volume; swell.
- noun The act or process of rising.
- noun An upward slope; an ascent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rise up, as from bed or from a seat; get up; rise.
- To ascend, as above the horizon: literally or figuratively.
- To ascend, as a hill; slope upward. Tennyson, Vision of Sin, v.
- To swell; well up; rise in waves.
- To spring up; come into being or perception; be made or caused.
- noun Uprising.
- noun An increase in size; a swelling; a protuberance.
- noun Rise; development; advance; augmentation, as of price or value.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
- intransitive verb To have an upward direction or inclination.
- noun rare The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
- verb archaic To
rise ; toget up ; to appear from below the horizon. - verb archaic To have an upward direction or inclination
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb move upward
- verb come up, of celestial bodies
- verb ascend as a sound
- verb return from the dead
- verb come into existence; take on form or shape
- verb rise up as in fear
- verb rise to one's feet
- verb get up and out of bed
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Examples
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Can someone explain the "uprise" sign on the front?
Oh, Mama! Jen 2008
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But, I'm really coming out of the "lurk zone" because I'm hoping somebody has an explanation for the "uprise" sign on the side of the tub.
Oh, Mama! Jen 2008
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The uprise of the French Revolution took place and the French monarchy was put to an end.
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Assumingly stemming from this here specific move, we all will see the uprise of some - yet - unknown political party, for/against the European Union, incl. those Scy cultists, right across the street.
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America will uprise against Obama and those leading our Country to Socialism by the masses!
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I can not understand why our government sends millions-billions of $$ to other countries each year from our taxes yet when it comes to the citizens of the US there is always a GOP uprise ...
First on the CNN Ticker: RNC commits nearly $1 million on health care campaign 2009
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And with the immense serious side effects possible, additional insured treatments will be on the uprise!
G-Spot Collagen Injections aka TBTAM 2008
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Meanwhile a new Indigenous uprise started today at the Andean region of Andahuaylas.
Peru: Indigenous Congressmembers suspended and radio station shut down as protests continue 2009
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At worst case, we are talking about 1.5 mm/year, which is 10 times less than annual tectonic uprise in many places.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Assumingly stemming from this here specific move, we all will see the uprise of some -yet- unknown political party, for/ against the European Union, incl. those Scy cultists, right across the street.
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