rises

Verb

rise (third-person singular simple present rises, present participle rising, simple past rose, past participle risen or (nonstandard) rised or (now nonstandard) rose)

1. (intransitive) To move upwards.
   • We watched the balloon rise.

   Synonyms:

   climb, go up

2. (intransitive) To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
   • This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
3. (intransitive) To slope upward.
   • The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
4. (intransitive) 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...[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC
5. (intransitive) To become erect; to assume an upright position.
   • to rise from a chair or from a fall
6. (intransitive) To leave one's bed; to get up.
   • Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair,
     In the morning, when we rise1965, “Colours”, performed by Donovan

   Synonyms:

   arise

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