rise in WordNet English dictionary

1. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
   "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
   ascent  acclivity  rise  raise  climb  upgrade 
   
2. increase in price or value
   "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"
   advance  rise 
   
3. the act of changing location in an upward direction
   rise  ascent  ascension  ascending 
   
4. a movement upward
   "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
   rise  rising  ascent  ascension 
   
5. an increase in cost
   "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
   rise  boost  hike  cost increase 
   
6. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
   "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"
   emanation  rise  procession 
   
7. the amount a salary is increased
   "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
   raise  rise  wage hike  hike  wage increase  salary increase 
   
8. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
   lift  rise 
   
9. the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
   upgrade  rise  rising slope 
   
10. a growth in strength or number or importance
    rise 
    

1. get up and out of bed
   "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
   get up  turn out  arise  uprise  rise 
   
2. rise to one's feet
   "The audience got up and applauded"
   arise  rise  uprise  get up  stand up 
   
3. move upward
   "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
   rise  lift  arise  move up  go up  come up  uprise 
   
4. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
   rebel  arise  rise  rise up 
   
5. come into existence; take on form or shape
   "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
   originate  arise  rise  develop  uprise  spring up  grow 
   
6. come up, of celestial bodies
   "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
   rise  come up  uprise  ascend 
   
7. move to a better position in life or to a better job
   "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
   ascend  move up  rise 
   
8. go up or advance
   "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
   wax  mount  climb  rise 
   
9. increase in value or to a higher point
   "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
   rise  go up  climb 
   
10. rise in rank or status
    "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
    rise  jump  climb up 
    
11. come to the surface
    surface  come up  rise up  rise 
    
12. become more extreme
    "The tension heightened"
    heighten  rise 
    
13. rise up
    "The building rose before them"
    rise  lift  rear 
    
14. increase in volume
    "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
    rise  prove 
    
15. return from the dead
    "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
    resurrect  rise  uprise 
    
16. exert oneself to meet a challenge
    "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
    rise 
    
17. become heartened or elated
    "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
    rise