riser Definition

rise
verb, intr rose, risen, rising

1. To get or stand up, especially from a sitting, kneeling or lying position.
2. To get up from bed, especially after a night's sleep.

Example: They always rise at seven
Thesaurus: wake, get up, arise; Antonym: retire.
3. To move upwards; to ascend.

Thesaurus: ascend, mount, climb, soar, tower, levitate, surge, lift; Antonym: fall, descend, drop.
4. To increase in size, amount, volume, strength, degree, intensity, etc.

Example: sales have risen
Example: The wind rose at night
Thesaurus: increase, move up, grow, enlarge, swell, intensify, heighten, spread, inflate, augment; Antonym: decrease, lessen, contract.
5. Said of the Sun, Moon, planets, etc: to appear above the horizon.
6. To stretch or slope upwards.

Example: ground which rises gently
7. To rebel.

Form: rise up against someone or something (usually)
Form: rise against someone or something
8. To move from a lower position, rank, level, etc to a higher one.
9. To begin or originate.

Example: a river that rises in the mountains
10. Said especially of a person's spirits: to become more cheerful.
11. Said of an animal's fur, a person's hair, etc: to become straight and stiff, especially from fear or anger.
12. Said of a committee, court, parliament, etc: to finish a session; to adjourn.
13. To come back to life; to be resurrected.

Example: rose from the dead
14. Said of fish: to come to the surface of the water.
15. Said of birds: to fly up from the ground, etc.

Example: The geese all rose from the lake
16. Said of dough, a cake, etc: to swell up; increase in volume.
17. To be built.

Example: new office blocks rising all over town
18. To respond to something, especially provocation or criticism.

Form: rise to something (usually)
19. Said of the stomach or throat: to give a feeling of nausea.

Example: His stomach rose at the sight

noun

1. An act of rising.
2. An increase in size, amount, volume, strength, status, rank, etc.

Thesaurus: increase, growth, acceleration, multiplication, increment, addition, enlargement, advance, accession; Antonym: reduction, decrease, lessening.
(Brit)
3. An increase in salary. US equivalent raise.

Example: asked for a rise
4. A piece of rising ground; a slope or hill.
5. A beginning or origin.

Thesaurus: origin, beginning, commencement, initiation, onset, start, source; Antonym: end, finish.
6. The vertical height of a step or flight of stairs.

Derivative: riser

Someone who gets out of bed, usually at a specified time.
Example: an early riser
Example: a late riser

Any of the vertical parts between the horizontal steps of a set of stairs.

A vertical pipe, especially one within a building or on an oil rig.

Derivative: rising

The act or action of rising.

A rebellion.
Thesaurus: revolution, revolt, uprising, insurrection, riot.

adj

Moving or sloping upwards; getting higher.

adj

Approaching greater age, maturity, status, reputation or importance.
Thesaurus: advancing, approaching, emerging, assurgent.

adj

Approaching a specified age.
Example: the rising sevens

Idiom: get a rise out of someone (take a rise out of someone)

colloq
To make them angry or upset, especially by teasing or provoking them.
Thesaurus: anger, tease, provoke, bait, annoy.

Idiom: give rise to something

To cause it or bring it about.
Thesaurus: cause, initiate, begin, start.

Idiom: on the rise

To be rising or increasing.
Example: Crime is on the rise in this area

Idiom: rise and shine

A facetiously cheerful invitation to someone to get out of bed briskly in the morning.

Idiom: rise from the ranks

To work one's way up from being a private soldier to a commissioned officer.

To work one's way up within a particular field, profession, organization, etc.

Idiom: rise to the bait

To do what someone else intends or suggests (usually by means of indirect suggestions, hints, etc) that one should do.

Idiom: rise to the occasion

To prove oneself up to, or able to cope with, an unusual or special situation or circumstances.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon risan.

Phrasal Verb: rise above something

To remain unaffected by teasing, provocation, criticism, etc.