To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.

Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.

The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.

The vertical distance from one stair tread to the next.

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.

To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.

To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.

To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.

To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.

To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.

To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.

To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.

To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.

To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.

To become of higher value; to increase in price.

To increase in intensity; -- said of heat.

The measurement from crotch to waist.

The measurement from the crotch in a pair of pants or shorts to the top of its waistband.

On your child, this is the measurement from the front waist through their legs and back up to their waistline in the back. On the diaper or cover, it is the length from the top of the front of the cover or diaper to the top of the back of the cover or diaper.

The measurement from the base of the crotch in a pair of pants to the top of its waistband.

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.

To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.

To come; to offer itself.

The action of a fish coming to the surface to take an insect; the taking to the air of a large hatch of mayflies or other insects on which trout feed (see also Hatch).

Rise was Japanese J-pop girlband, SPEED's second album following their first album, Starting Over. This album was released on April 29, 1998. It contains the singles "Wake Me Up!", "My Graduation" and their all time biggest hit, "White Love".

Rise is an album by Anoushka Shankar released on September 27, 2005. This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005 (#82). On previous recordings, she followed in her father's footsteps, Ravi Shankar, by performing relatively traditional, raga-based music.

Rise is the fifth full-length studio album from hardcore punk and reggae pioneers Bad Brains. It is the first Bad Brains album to be released on a major label (Sony Records) and is notable for the absence of two original members: Here, a young Israel Joseph I replaces vocalist H.R. and Cro-Mags drummer Mackie Jayson, who was a session musician on the band's previous album Quickess, replaces drummer Earl Hudson.

Rise is an album by Indonesian singer, Joy Destiny Tobing.

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.

To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like.

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.

Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.

To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.

To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.

be promoted, move to a better position

To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.

Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.

To cause to rise; as, to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water; to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it; to raise.

To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.

A sign that sheep are ready for shearing. The previous winter's greasy wool is lifted away from the skin by new wool that is much easier to cut. The Rise is seen as a yellowish line.

a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground