The vertical distance from the top of a tread to the top of the next higher tread.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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
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, upgradingRELATED WORDS:
aggrandizement, ennoblement, exaltation, glorification, magnificationNEAR ANTONYMS:
deposition, dethronement, discharge, dismissal, expulsion, impeachment, ouster, overthrow, removal, suspension, unmaking, unseating; downfall, fall2.
an area of high ground
SYNONYMS:
altitude(s), elevation, eminence, highland, hill, hump, mound, prominence, rise, uplandRELATED 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; downsNEAR ANTONYMS:
dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, hollow, vale, valley; basin, bottom, bottomland, fen, flat, floodplain, plain, tidewater3.
an upward slope
SYNONYMS:
acclivity, hill, rise, upgrade, uphill, upriseRELATED WORDS:
cant, diagonal, glacis, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, rake, tilt; climb, hump, mound, ridge, swellNEAR ANTONYMS:
basin, depression, hollow4.
something added (as by growth)
SYNONYMS:
accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increment, more, plus, proliferation, raise, rise, step-up, supplement, uptickRELATED WORDS:
accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering; complement; accession, appendix, continuation, extension, uptrend, upturn; jump, run-up, spikeNEAR ANTONYMS:
deduction, subtraction5.
the act or an instance of rising or climbing up
SYNONYMS:
ascension, climb, rise, rising, soarRELATED WORDS:
boost, hike, increase, raise; blastoff, elevation, hoist, levitation, liftoff, raising, takeoff; heave, thrust, upheaval, uplifting, upraising, upsurge, upsweep, upswing, upthrust, uptrend, upturn, upwellingNEAR ANTONYMS:
plop, plummeting, sinking; decline, decrease, down; comedown, downfall, downgrade1.
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, waxRELATED WORDS:
jump, rocket, skyrocket, surge; heighten, intensify, redouble; blow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up); crescendo, crest, peak2.
to leave one's bed
SYNONYMS:
get up, rise, roll out, turn out, upriseRELATED WORDS:
arouse, awake, awaken, bestir, stir, wakeNEAR ANTONYMS:
catnap, doze, drop off, lie up, nap, nod, rest, sleep, slumber, snooze; bunk, perch, roost, settle; couch, doss (down) [], flop (down), lie (down), recline3.
to move or extend upward
SYNONYMS:
arise, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprise, upthrust, upturnRELATED 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, tipNEAR ANTONYMS:
dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide
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, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”). See also
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