rise
/ɹaɪz/ noun B1- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater. · The rise of the tide.· There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence. · The rise of the working class.· The rise of the printing press.
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts. · The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.
- The front of a diaper.
- A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group. · Making fun of their football team is one sure way to get a rise from a crowd.· She really got a rise from the audience when she donned a wig and talked like the president.
- The height of an arch or a step. · As the rise, i.e. height, of the arch decreases, the outward thrust increases.· Each step had a rise of 170 mm and a going of 250 mm.
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## XXXIV TIME TO RISE
At morning in the dark I rise;
And I must rise and leave my dell,
“Come, my head’s free at last!” said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her.
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