(v.) To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait.
(v.) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
(v.) To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
(v.) To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
(v.) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer.
(v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.
(v.) To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
(v.) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.
(v.) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.
(v.) To retire; to give up a siege.
(v.) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
(v.) To have the aspect or the effect of rising.
(v.) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.
(v.) To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore.
(v.) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
(v.) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
(v.) To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
(v.) To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.
(v.) To become of higher value; to increase in price.
(v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like.
(v.) To increase in intensity; -- said of heat.
(v.) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
(v.) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
(v.) In various figurative senses.
(v.) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
(v.) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
(v.) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
(v.) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
(v.) To come; to offer itself.
(v.) To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
(v.) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
(v.) To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
(v.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.
(n.) The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
(n.) The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.
(n.) Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
(n.) Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
(n.) Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
(n.) Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
(n.) Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
(n.) Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
(n.) The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
Example Sentences:
(1) The recent rise in manufacturing has been welcomed by George Osborne as a sign that his economic policies are bearing fruit.
(2) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
(3) These are typically runaway processes in which global temperature rises lead to further releases of CO², which in turn brings about more global warming.
(4) In the bars of Antwerp and the cafes of Bruges, the talk is less of Christmas markets and hot chocolate than of the rising cost of financing a national debt which stands at 100% of annual national income.
(5) A commensurate rise in both smoking and adenocarcinoma has occurred in the Far East where the incidence rate (40%) is twice that of North America or Europe.
(6) An initial complex-soma inflection was observed on the rising phase of the action potential of some cells.
(7) A remarkable deterioration of prognosis with increasing age rises the question whether treatment with cytotoxic drugs should be tried in patients more than 60 years old.
(8) Rise time and fall time constants have been quantified for describing kinetics of response.
(9) Basal 20 alpha DHP levels remained low until a sharp rise at mid pro-oestrus.
(10) The reason for the rise in Android's market share on both sides of the Atlantic is the increased number of devices that use the software.
(11) Migrant voters are almost as numerous as current Ukip supporters but they are widely overlooked and risk being increasingly disaffected by mainstream politics and the fierce rhetoric around immigration caused partly by the rise of Ukip,” said Robert Ford from Manchester University, the report’s co-author.
(12) The authors conclude that during the infusion of 5-FU, the rise in FpA activation and reduction in PCa as compared to PCag are compatible with activation of coagulation.
(13) He said: "Monetary policy affects the exchange rate – which in turn can offset or reinforce our exposure to rising import prices.
(14) The increased muscular strength in due to a rise of calcaemia, improved muscle contraction and probably also due to the mentioned nutritional factors.
(15) We investigated the possible contribution made by oropharyngeal microfloral fermentation of ingested carbohydrate to the generation of the early, transient exhaled breath hydrogen rise seen after carbohydrate ingestion.
(16) Neal’s evidence to the committee said Future Fund staff were not subject to the public service bargaining framework, which links any pay rise to productivity increases and caps rises at 1.5%.
(17) Under a revised deal most people are now being vetted on time, but charges for the service have had to rise from £12 and free vetting for volunteers, to £28 for a standard disclosure and £33 for an advanced disclosure.
(18) It inhibits platelet and vascular smooth muscle activation by cGMP-dependent attenuation of the agonist-induced rise of intracellular free Ca2+.
(19) The conversion of orotate to UMP, catalyzed by the enzymes of complex II, was increased at 3 days (+42%), a rise sustained to 14 days.
(20) During the development of Shvets' leukosis, the weight of spleen and lymph glands and their lymphocyte content change enormously while the number of plasmocytes rises exponentially.
Soar
Definition:
(v. i.) To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
(v. i.) Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
(n.) The act of soaring; upward flight.
(a.) See 3d Sore.
(a.) See Sore, reddish brown.
Example Sentences:
(1) But when he speaks, the crowds who have come together to make a stand against government corruption and soaring fuel prices cheer wildly.
(2) A tiny studio flat that has become a symbol of London's soaring property prices is to be investigated by planning, environmental health and fire safety authorities after the Guardian revealed details of its shoebox-like proportions.
(3) And the idea that it is somehow “unfair” to tax a small number of mostly rich people who were lucky enough to buy houses in central London that have soared in value to over £2m is perverse.
(4) The level of prescribing of opioid painkillers – Percocet in Geni’s case – has soared, and with it the incidence of addiction, and addiction’s grim best friend: fatal overdoses.
(5) Two decades after Donna Tartt soared to literary stardom with her debut The Secret History, the reclusive author is set to release her third novel this autumn.
(6) None of the major parties have proposed a stimulus package as the solution to Ireland's soaring deficit and unemployment (which has tripled since the start of the economic crisis to almost 14%).
(7) Tourism numbers have soared from 23m in 2010 to 47m last year, in a city of just 7m; the government wants 100m by 2020.
(8) "The soaring cost of air travel will ultimately be a small factor in increased rail fares, as the ONS said plane tickets pushed the inflation index higher.
(9) Soaring demand for rental property means homes are being let in record time, even though more properties are coming on to the market, according to research from lettings agent Countrywide.
(10) Neither splenectomy nor marginal resection of the liver resulted in a significant increase in postoperative mortality which, however, soared up by as much as 50% after radical surgery involving the resection of the pancreas.
(11) Yet bank bonuses soared in April as payments were delayed so the highest paid could benefit from this government's top rate tax cut.
(12) • Two new polls have provided fresh evidence that the Lib Dems are soaring.
(13) The Scottish Greens and the housing charity Shelter said the measure failed to address the more significant issues of a lack of affordable new homes and the council tax system, which greatly benefits wealthier homeowners whose property values are soaring.
(14) As public sector workers prepare for the biggest strike since the Winter of Discontent in 1979, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that workers in the worst paid jobs – such as dinner ladies, hairdressers and waiters – have seen their pay fall sharply in real terms, fanning fears about families' ability to cope with soaring food and energy bills.
(15) Pilgrims from all over the world, many weeping and clutching precious mementos or photographs of loved ones, jostle beneath its soaring domes every day.
(16) The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said today that City bonuses could soar to £6bn this year .
(17) At the same time, for many on low pay the last several years have seen the cost of living soar as their wage packet has shrunk.
(18) With sales of tablets, smartphones and gadgets predicted to soar this Christmas , many British households will soon be temples to the latest technology.
(19) Soaring SNP membership, at 103,000, would be equivalent to a UK-wide Labour or Tory party garnering 1.2 million supporters.
(20) This does not result from an initiative taken by the medical profession, but from a government plan aimed at checking the soaring costs of medical care.