Meaning of Rise | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A surname
3. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
4. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
5. An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
   Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, also
6. Ellipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
   Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, sometimes
7. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
8. The front of a diaper.
9. A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
10. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
11. A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
    informal
12. The height of an arch or a step.

Equivalents

Examples

“The rise⟳ of the tide.”

“There was a rise⟳ of nearly two degrees since yesterday.”

“Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise⟳ in blood pressure.”

“The war also triggered a number⟳ of forest fires that led to a 113% rise⟳ in emissions, according to the Initiative on GHG Accounting of War.”

“The rise⟳ of the working class.”

“The rise⟳ of the printing press⟳.”

“The rise⟳ of the feminists.”

“The governor just gave me a rise⟳ of two pound six.”

“The rise⟳ of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.”

“the land⟳ rolls gently, so that, upon cresting a low rise⟳ or passing a copse of wind turbines, you suddenly spot a lot full of lorries or a complex of gigantic sheds.”

“I went along up the bank with one eye out for pap and t'other one out for what the rise⟳ might fetch⟳ along.”

“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.”

“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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