Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To get up or stand up; rise.
- v. To go, move, or incline upward; ascend.
- v. To rise into view, especially from below the horizon.
- v. To increase in pitch or volume; swell.
- n. The act or process of rising.
- n. An upward slope; an ascent.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To rise up, as from bed or from a seat; get up; rise.
- To ascend, as above the horizon: literally or figuratively.
- To ascend, as a hill; slope upward. Tennyson, Vision of Sin, v.
- To swell; well up; rise in waves.
- To spring up; come into being or perception; be made or caused.
- n. Uprising.
- n. An increase in size; a swelling; a protuberance.
- n. Rise; development; advance; augmentation, as of price or value.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
- v. archaic To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
- v. archaic To have an upward direction or inclination
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
- v. To have an upward direction or inclination.
- n. rare The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
WordNet 3.0
- v. move upward
- v. come up, of celestial bodies
- v. ascend as a sound
- v. return from the dead
- v. come into existence; take on form or shape
- v. rise up as in fear
- v. rise to one's feet
- v. get up and out of bed
Examples
“Can someone explain the "uprise" sign on the front?”
“But, I'm really coming out of the "lurk zone" because I'm hoping somebody has an explanation for the "uprise" sign on the side of the tub.”
“I can not understand why our government sends millions-billions of $$ to other countries each year from our taxes yet when it comes to the citizens of the US there is always a GOP uprise ...”
First on the CNN Ticker: RNC commits nearly $1 million on health care campaign
“The uprise of the French Revolution took place and the French monarchy was put to an end.”
“Assumingly stemming from this here specific move, we all will see the uprise of some - yet - unknown political party, for/against the European Union, incl. those Scy cultists, right across the street.”
“America will uprise against Obama and those leading our Country to Socialism by the masses!”
“And with the immense serious side effects possible, additional insured treatments will be on the uprise!”
“Meanwhile a new Indigenous uprise started today at the Andean region of Andahuaylas.”
Peru: Indigenous Congressmembers suspended and radio station shut down as protests continue
“At worst case, we are talking about 1.5 mm/year, which is 10 times less than annual tectonic uprise in many places.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“Assumingly stemming from this here specific move, we all will see the uprise of some -yet- unknown political party, for/ against the European Union, incl. those Scy cultists, right across the street.”
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