rise


Meanings

  • a growth in strength or number or importance
  • the act of changing location in an upward direction
  • an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
    • "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
  • a movement upward;
    • "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
  • the amount a salary is increased;
  • the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
  • a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
  • (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;
  • an increase in cost;
    • "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
  • increase in price or value;
  • move upward;
  • increase in value or to a higher point;
  • rise to one's feet;
  • rise up;
  • come to the surface
  • come into existence; take on form or shape;
  • move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
  • go up or advance;
  • become more extreme;
  • get up and out of bed;
  • rise in rank or status;
  • become heartened or elated;
  • exert oneself to meet a challenge;
    • "rise to a challenge"
    • "rise to the occasion"
  • take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
  • increase in volume;
  • come up, of celestial bodies;
    • "The sun also rises"
  • return from the dead;
    • "Christ is risen!"
    • "The dead are to uprise"
  • RISE v ROSE, RISEN, RISING, RISES to move upward


Scrabble Score: 4

rise is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

rise is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

rise is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 4

rise is a valid Words With Friends word