ALL meanings of risen
rise
R r - verb without object risen to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees. 1
- verb without object risen to get up from bed, especially to begin the day after a night's sleep: to rise early. 1
- verb without object risen to become erect and stiff, as the hair in fright. 1
- verb without object risen to get up after falling or being thrown down. 1
- verb without object risen to become active in opposition or resistance; revolt or rebel. 1
- verb without object risen to be built up, erected, or constructed. 1
- verb without object risen to spring up or grow, as plants: Weeds rose overnight. 1
- verb without object risen to become prominent on or project from a surface, as a blister. 1
- verb without object risen to come into existence; appear. 1
- verb without object risen to come into action, as a wind or storm. 1
- verb without object risen to occur: A quarrel rose between them. 1
- verb without object risen to originate, issue, or be derived; to have a source. 1
- verb without object risen to move from a lower to a higher position; move upward; ascend: The bird rose in the air. 1
- verb without object risen to ascend above the horizon, as a heavenly body. 1
- verb without object risen to extend directly upward; project vertically: The tower rises to a height of 60 feet. The building rises above the city's other skyscrapers. 1
- verb without object risen to have an upward slant or curve: The path rises as it approaches the woods. 1
- verb without object risen to attain higher rank, status, or importance or a higher economic level: to rise in the world. 1
- verb without object risen to advance to a higher level of action, thought, feeling, etc.: to rise above the commonplace. 1
- verb without object risen Angling. (of fish) to come up toward the surface of the water in pursuit of food or bait. 1
- verb without object risen to prove oneself equal to a demand, emergency, etc. (followed by to): to rise to the occasion; to rise to one's responsibilities. 1
- verb without object risen to become animated, cheerful, or heartened, as the spirits. 1
- verb without object risen to become roused or stirred: to feel one's temper rising. 1
- verb without object risen to increase in height, as the level of water: The river rose thirty feet in eight hours. 1
- verb without object risen to swell or puff up, as dough from the action of yeast. 1
- verb without object risen to increase in amount, as prices. 1
- verb without object risen to increase in price or value, as commodities. 1
- verb without object risen to increase in degree, intensity, or force, as fever, color, etc. 1
- verb without object risen to become louder or of higher pitch, as the voice. 1
- verb without object risen to adjourn or close a session, as a deliberative body or court. 1
- verb without object risen to return from the dead: Christ rose from the dead and on the third day ascended into heaven. 1
- verb with object risen Nonstandard. to cause to rise. 1
- verb with object risen Nautical. to cause (something) to rise above the visible horizon by approaching nearer to it; raise. 1
- noun risen an act or instance of rising. 1
- noun risen appearance above the horizon, as of the sun or moon. 1
- noun risen elevation or increase in rank, fortune, influence, power, etc.: the rise and fall of ancient Rome. 1
- noun risen an increase in height, as of the level of water. 1
- noun risen the amount of such increase. 1
- noun risen an increase in amount, as of prices. 1
- noun risen an increase in price or value, as of commodities. 1
- noun risen Chiefly British. raise (defs 33–35). 1
- noun risen an increase in degree or intensity, as of temperature. 1
- noun risen an increase in loudness or in pitch, as of the voice. 1
- noun risen Architecture, Building Trades. the measured height of any of various things, as a roof, a flight of steps, a stair step, or the crown of a road. the measured height of an arch from the springing line to the highest point of the intrados. 1
- noun risen the vertical distance through which the floor of an elevator or the like passes. 1
- noun risen origin, source, or beginning: the rise of a stream in a mountain. 1
- noun risen a coming into existence or notice: the rise of a new talent. 1
- noun risen extension upward. 1
- noun risen the amount of such extension. 1
- noun risen upward slope, as of ground or a road. 1
- noun risen a piece of rising or high ground: a house built upon a gentle rise. 1