Definitions for rising

(a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon")

(organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)

(move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")

(increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year")

(rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded")

(rise up; "The building rose before them")

(come to the surface)

(come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose")

(move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great)

(go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered")

(become more extreme; "The tension heightened")

(get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night")

(rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list")

(become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news")

(exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion")

(take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance)

(increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room")

(come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends")

(return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise")

(advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market")

(sloping upward)

(coming to maturity; "the rising generation")

(newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician")