rise

  1. Noun.  The action of moving upwards.
  2. Noun.  (rfdef, lang en) .
  3. Noun.  (chiefly, British) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc); a raise.
  4. Noun.  The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
  5. Noun.  (British, Ireland) An increase in someone's pay rate.
  6. Noun.  (Sussex) A small hill (chiefly place names).
  7. Noun.  (rfdef, lang en) .
  8. Verb.  (intransitive) To move upwards.
  9. Verb.  (intransitive, of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
  10. Verb.  (intransitive) To be resurrected.
  11. Verb.  (intransitive) of a quantity, price, etc, To increase.
  12. Verb.  (rfdef, lang en) .

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