rise
/ɹaɪz/ verb B1- To move upwards. · We watched the balloon rise.· Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height. · This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
- To slope upward. · The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
- To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation. · The sun was rising in the East.
- To become erect; to assume an upright position. · to rise from a chair or from a fall
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- To be resurrected. · he rose from the grave; he is risen!
- To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn. · The committee rose after agreeing to the report.
Plural rise · He/she/it rises · Past rose · Past participle risen · -ing form rising
Verb forms
- Base form
- rise
- He/she/it
- rises
- Past
- rose
- Past participle
- risen
- -ing form
- rising
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The Bull rising up, and not knowing what to do, was sadly perplexed.
Such as at the commencement of the repast had not been able to seat themselves according to their inclination rose unceremoniously, and sought out more agreeable companions.
As for Fernand himself, he seemed to be enduring the tortures of the damned; unable to rest, he was among the first to quit the table, and, as though seeking to avoid the hilarious mirth that rose in such deafening sounds, he continued, in utter silence, to pace the farther end of the salon.
An old man, decorated with the cross of Saint Louis, now rose and proposed the health of King Louis XVIII.
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