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food shortages persist, the people are sure to rise up and
overthrow the present regime. 5 swell, flood, increase, grow;
wax: Owing to the heavy rains, the river is rising rapidly. 6
slant or incline or slope (upwards), ascend, climb, go uphill:
The path rises steeply just beyond the cwm. 7 fly, take flight,
take wing, take to the air, take off, arise, lift, climb, soar,
mount: At the roar of the gun, tens of thousands of flamingoes
rose from the lakes. 8 advance, improve one's lot or position,
progress, get ahead, go or get somewhere, succeed, make
something of oneself, be promoted, prosper, thrive, make good,
Colloq make it, make the grade, go places: Fielding could well
have risen in the company had his attitude been different. 9
start, begin, originate, arise, occur, happen, take place: I
cannot explain how so much bad feeling rose between us. 10
increase, be elevated or lifted or boosted, grow, go up, move
upwards, climb, escalate, ascend, snowball: When interest rates
rise, they contribute to the inflation that raising them was
supposed to reduce. 11 arise, be nurtured, be produced, be
generated, be created, spring up, be engendered: The feelings
that rose within him were spurred on by sheer hatred of the man.
12 rise to. a arise, come up, meet, be equal to, prove adequate
to: If you need a good man, you can count on Michael to rise to
the occasion. b come to get, take, swallow, react to, respond
to, succumb to, be tempted by: Sue rose to the bait of a
company car and accepted our offer.
--n. 13 ascent, hill, hillock, knoll, eminence, prominence,
elevation, upland, highland, (upward) slope or incline,
acclivity, US upgrade: As we climbed a slight rise, we saw the
mountains gleaming in the distance. 14 increase, increment,
gain, addition: In return for only a slight rise in wages, they
are being asked to take on much more responsibility. 15 ascent,
ascension, elevation, flight, climb, take-off: The balloon's
rise was suddenly halted when the basket caught in a tree. 16
get or Brit also take a rise out of (someone). provoke,
stimulate, incite, instigate, foment, goad, encourage, press,
push, shake up, waken, awaken, move, motivate, activate,
agitate, stir (up), inflame, impassion: We finally got a rise
out of Sidney by threatening to charge him for cleaning his
room. 17 give rise to. start, engender, generate, begin,
commence, produce, bring out, cause, bring about, bring into
being: We never discovered what gave rise to Tom's dislike of
dogs.