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adj
Going up, physically or in quantity, rate, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Having its wings raised (either addorsed or sometimes displayed), standing on the tips of its feet as if about to take flight, typically depicted in profile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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Synonyms: rousant, surgerant
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Rebellion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The act of something that rises.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated
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prep
More than; exceeding; upwards of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated, slang
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verb
present participle and gerund of rise
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: falling
adjective satellite
newly come into prominence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
coming to maturity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: emerging
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adjective satellite
sloping upward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: acclivitous, uphill
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noun
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, uprising
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conflict, struggle, battle
Narrower terms: insurgency, insurgence, intifada, intifadah, mutiny, Peasant's Revolt, Great Revolt, Indian Mutiny, Sepoy Mutiny
noun
a movement upward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: rise, ascent, ascension
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change of location, travel
Narrower terms: climb, climbing, mounting, elevation, lift, raising, heave, heaving, liftoff, rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom, takeoff, upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust, uplifting
History
By surface analysis, rise + -ing.
Across languages
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
