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raise: to cause to lift or to
lift something
rise: to ascend, move upward,
or get up
Rise: The noun rise has 10
senses (first 6 from tagged
texts)
1. (9) rise -- (a growth in
strength or number or
importance)
2. (3) rise, ascent,
ascension, ascending -- (the
act of changing location in an
upward direction)
3. (1) ascent, acclivity,
rise, raise, climb, upgrade --
(an upward slope or grade (as
in a road); "the car couldn't
make it up the rise")
4. (1) rise, rising, ascent,
ascension -- (a movement
upward; "they cheered the rise
of the hot-air balloon")
5. (1) raise, rise, wage hike,
hike, wage increase, salary
increase -- (the amount a
salary is increased; "he got a
3% raise"; "he got a wage
hike")
6. (1) upgrade, rise, rising
slope -- (the property
possessed by a slope or
surface that rises)
7. lift, rise -- (a wave that
lifts the surface of the water
or ground)
8. emanation, rise, procession
-- ((theology) the origination
of the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost; "the emanation of
the Holy Spirit"; "the rising
of the Holy Ghost"; "the
doctrine of the procession of
the Holy Spirit from the
Father and the Son")
9. rise, boost, hike, cost
increase -- (an increase in
cost; "they asked for a 10%
rise in rates")
10. advance, rise -- (increase
in price or value; "the news
caused a general advance on
the stock market")
The verb rise has 17 senses
(first 16 from tagged texts)
1. (30) rise, lift, arise,
move up, go up, come up,
uprise -- (move upward; "The
fog lifted"; "The smoke arose
from the forest fire"; "The
mist uprose from the meadows")
2. (23) rise, go up, climb --
(increase in value or to a
higher point; "prices climbed
steeply"; "the value of our
house rose sharply last year")
3. (20) arise, rise, uprise,
get up, stand up -- (rise to
one's feet; "The audience got
up and applauded")
4. (8) rise, lift, rear --
(rise up; "The building rose
before them")
5. (5) surface, come up, rise
up, rise -- (come to the
surface)
6. (5) heighten, rise --
(become more extreme; "The
tension heightened")
7. (4) originate, arise, rise,
develop, uprise, spring up,
grow -- (come into existence;
take on form or shape; "A new
religious movement originated
in that country"; "a love that
sprang up from friendship";
"the idea for the book grew
out of a short story"; "An
interesting phenomenon uprose")
8. (4) move up, rise -- (be
promoted, move to a better
position)
9. (4) wax, mount, climb, rise
-- (go up or advance; "Sales
were climbing after prices
were lowered")
10. (4) get up, turn out,
arise, uprise, rise -- (get up
and out of bed; "I get up at 7
A.M. every day"; "They rose
early"; "He uprose at night")
11. (3) rise, jump, climb up
-- (rise in rank or status;
"Her new novel jumped high on
the bestseller list")
12. (2) rise, prove --
(increase in volume; "the
dough rose slowly in the warm
room")
13. (2) rise -- (become
heartened or elated; "Her
spirits rose when she heard
the good news")
14. (2) rise -- (exert oneself
to meet a challenge; "rise to
a challenge"; "rise to the
occasion")
15. (1) rebel, arise, rise,
rise up -- (take part in a
rebellion; renounce a former
allegiance)
16. (1) rise, come up, uprise,
ascend -- (come up, of
celestial bodies; "The sun
also rises"; "The sun uprising
sees the dusk night fled...";
"Jupiter ascends")
17. resurrect, rise, uprise --
(return from the dead; "Christ
is risen!"; "The dead are to
uprise") |
