AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

  
Definitions
rise Twit Definition of rise Share Definition of rise on Facebook Digg:Definition of rise! stumble Definition of rise Bookmark Definition of rise on Delicious submit Definition of rise to reddit Bookmark Definition of rise
noun 
  1. The action of moving upwards
  1. An increase (in a quantity, price, etc)
  2. (UK, Ireland) A pay rise (rfv-sense)
Translations: 
    verb (rises, rising, rose, risen)
    1. (intransitive) To move upwards.
    We watched the balloon .
    1. (intransitive, of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation
    The sun was rising in the East.
    1. (intransitive) To be resurrected
    He rose from the grave.
    He is risen!
    1. (intransitive) of a quantity, price, etc, To increase.
    Translations: 
    • French: se lever(fr)
    • Italian: salire(it)
         Source Definition of rise
      

     Find:
      Words Starting With:
      Words Ending With:
      Words Containing:
      Words That Match:

     
     Translate Into:
      
    Dutch   French   German
      
    Italian   Spanish
        Show results per page.

    Google
     

    Browse the Dictionary
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

     
      green quotes and commentary

       
    Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
    Allwords Copyright 1998-2009 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.