Crossword-Solution: RISE
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| Rise | 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. |
| Rise | v. | To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like. |
| Rise | v. | To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air. |
| Rise | v. | To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet. |
| Rise | 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. |
| Rise | v. | To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall. |
| Rise | v. | To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early. |
| Rise | v. | To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea. |
| Rise | v. | To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction. |
| Rise | v. | To retire; to give up a siege. |
| Rise | v. | To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like. |
| Rise | v. | To have the aspect or the effect of rising. |
| Rise | v. | To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like. |
| Rise | 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. |
| Rise | v. | To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower. |
| Rise | v. | To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs. |
| Rise | v. | To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax. |
| Rise | v. | To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion. |
| Rise | v. | To become of higher value; to increase in price. |
| Rise | v. | To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like. |
| Rise | v. | To increase in intensity; -- said of heat. |
| Rise | v. | To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice. |
| Rise | v. | To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations. |
| Rise | v. | In various figurative senses. |
| Rise | v. | To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel. |
| Rise | v. | To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed. |
| Rise | 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. |
| Rise | v. | To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur. |
| Rise | v. | To come; to offer itself. |
| Rise | v. | To ascend from the grave; to come to life. |
| Rise | v. | To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report. |
| Rise | v. | To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone. |
| Rise | v. | To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form. |
| Rise | n. | The act of rising, or the state of being risen. |
| Rise | 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. |
| Rise | n. | Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land. |
| Rise | n. | Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream. |
| Rise | n. | Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet. |
| Rise | n. | Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like. |
| Rise | n. | Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice. |
| Rise | n. | Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone. |
| Rise | n. | The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| RISE | anagram | ERIS, IERS, IRES, ISER, REIS, RIES, SEIR, SERI, SIER, SIRE |
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The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
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Sentences with RISE (5)
Filled with joy was Mudjekeewis When he looked on Hiawatha, Saw his youth rise up before him In the face of Hiawatha, Saw the beauty of Wenonah From the grave rise up before him.
Strait knew him all the bands Of Angels under watch; and to his state, And to his message high in honour rise; For on som message high they guessd him bound.
The Cock defended himself by saying that he did this for the benefit of men, that they might rise in time for their labors.
Such was his cunning, that we used to call him, among ourselves, “the snake.” When we were at work in the cornfield, he would sometimes crawl on his hands and knees to avoid detection, and all at once he would rise nearly in our midst, and scream out, “Ha, ha! Come, come! Dash on, dash on!” This being his mode of attack, it was never safe to stop a single minute.
After such a reverie she would rise hastily, angry with herself, and go down to the bath-house that was partitioned off the kitchen shed.
Quotes with RISE (3)
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love-I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A…
Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of their conception of God. In general, only individuals of exceptional endowments, and exceptionally high-minded communities, rise to any considerable extent above this level. But there is a third stage of religious experience which belongs to all of them, even though it is rarely found in a pure form: I shall call it cosmic religious feeling. It is very difficult to elucidate this feeling to anyone who is entirely w…
At least one indication of unbelief is the tendency to measure life's challenges against our own adequacy instead of God's promises. To enter our Sabbath rest, we must put an end to self-reliance - trusting in our own abilities to overcome difficulties, rise above challenges, escape tragedies, or achieve personal greatness.
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Used 1,004 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).