going up, increasing, or sloping upward

the rising temperature

rising ground

(of a bird) depicted with the wings open but not fully displayed, as if preparing for flight

an armed protest against authority; a revolt

the Warsaw rising of 1944

the reforms led to peasant risings

move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up

the tiny aircraft rose from the ground

get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling

she pushed back her chair and rose

cease to be submissive, obedient, or peaceful

the activists urged militant factions to rise up

(of a river) have its source

the Euphrates rises in Turkey

(of land or a natural feature) incline upwards; become higher

the moorlands rise and fall in gentle folds

increase in number, size, amount, or degree

land prices had risen

approaching (a specified age)

she was thirty-nine rising forty