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The vertical distance from the top of a tread to the top of the next higher tread.

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rise (verb)
intransitive verb
1.
a) to assume an upright position especially from lying, kneeling, or sitting
b) to get up from sleep or from one's bed
2.
to return from death
3.
to take up arms - rise in rebellion
4.
to respond warmly - applaud usually used with to the audience rose to her verve and wit
5.
chiefly British to end a session - adjourn
6.
to appear above the horizon - the sun rises at six
7.
a) to move upward - ascend
b) to increase in height, size, volume, or pitch
8.
to extend above other objects - mountain peaks rose to the west
9.
a) to become heartened or elated - his spirits rose
b) to increase in fervor or intensity - my anger rose as I thought about the insult
10.
a) to attain a higher level or rank - officers who rose from the ranks
b) to increase in quantity or number
11.
a) to take place - happen
b) to come into being - originate
12.
to follow as a consequence - result
13.
to exert oneself to meet a challenge - rise to the occasion spring
rise (noun)
1.
a) a spot higher than surrounding ground - hilltop
b) an upward slope - a rise in the road
2.
an act of rising or a state of being as - risen
a) a movement upward - ascent
b) emergence (as of the sun) above the horizon
c) the upward movement of a fish to seize food or bait
3.
- beginning origin the river had its rise in the mountain
4.
the distance or elevation of one point above another
5.
a) an increase especially in amount, number, or volume
b) chiefly British - raise
c) an increase in price, value, rate, or sum - a rise in the cost of living
6.
an angry reaction - got a rise out of him
7.
the distance from the crotch to the waistline on pants
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
rise (noun)
1.
a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position
SYNONYMS:
ascent, creation, elevation, preference, preferment, promotion, rise, upgrade, upgrading
RELATED WORDS:
aggrandizement, ennoblement, exaltation, glorification, magnification
NEAR ANTONYMS:
deposition, dethronement, discharge, dismissal, expulsion, impeachment, ouster, overthrow, removal, suspension, unmaking, unseating; downfall, fall
abasement, comedown, degradation, demotion, disrating, downgrade, reduction
rise (noun)
2.
an area of high ground
SYNONYMS:
altitude(s), elevation, eminence, highland, hill, hump, mound, prominence, rise, upland
RELATED WORDS:
alp, mount, mountain, peak; butte, mesa, plateau, table, tableland; bluff, cliff, crag, precipice, steep, tor; ridge, sierra; dome, sugarloaf; foothill, hillock, hummock, knob, knoll; downs
NEAR ANTONYMS:
dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, hollow, vale, valley; basin, bottom, bottomland, fen, flat, floodplain, plain, tidewater
lowland
rise (noun)
3.
an upward slope
SYNONYMS:
acclivity, hill, rise, upgrade, uphill, uprise
RELATED WORDS:
cant, diagonal, glacis, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, rake, tilt; climb, hump, mound, ridge, swell
NEAR ANTONYMS:
basin, depression, hollow
declension, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downgrade, downhill, drop-off, fall, hang, hanging
rise (noun)
4.
something added (as by growth)
SYNONYMS:
accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increment, more, plus, proliferation, raise, rise, step-up, supplement, uptick
RELATED WORDS:
accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering; complement; accession, appendix, continuation, extension, uptrend, upturn; jump, run-up, spike
NEAR ANTONYMS:
deduction, subtraction
abatement, decline, decrease, decrement, depletion, diminishment, diminution, drop-off, fall, falloff, lessening, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage, step-down
rise (noun)
5.
the act or an instance of rising or climbing up
SYNONYMS:
ascension, climb, rise, rising, soar
RELATED WORDS:
boost, hike, increase, raise; blastoff, elevation, hoist, levitation, liftoff, raising, takeoff; heave, thrust, upheaval, uplifting, upraising, upsurge, upsweep, upswing, upthrust, uptrend, upturn, upwelling
NEAR ANTONYMS:
plop, plummeting, sinking; decline, decrease, down; comedown, downfall, downgrade
descent, dip, dive, drop, fall, nosedive, plunge
rise (verb)
1.
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
SYNONYMS:
accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon ( bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax
RELATED WORDS:
jump, rocket, skyrocket, surge; heighten, intensify, redouble; blow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up); crescendo, crest, peak
contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane
rise (verb)
2.
to leave one's bed
SYNONYMS:
get up, rise, roll out, turn out, uprise
RELATED WORDS:
arouse, awake, awaken, bestir, stir, wake
NEAR ANTONYMS:
catnap, doze, drop off, lie up, nap, nod, rest, sleep, slumber, snooze; bunk, perch, roost, settle; couch, doss (down) [], flop (down), lie (down), recline
bed (down), retire, turn in
rise (verb)
3.
to move or extend upward
SYNONYMS:
arise, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprise, upthrust, upturn
RELATED WORDS:
surge, tower; boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise; balloon, blast off, take off, zoom; crest, scale, surmount, top; cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip
NEAR ANTONYMS:
dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide
decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge
Rise (Wikipedia)

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Rise (Wiktionary)

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rīz, IPA(key): /ɹaɪz/
  • Homophones: ryes, wries
  • Rhymes: -aɪz
  • for the noun, in the US, also rarely IPA(key): /ɹaɪs/

Etymology 1

From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (to rise), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (to arise, rise). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (

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