rising

ris·ing  (rzng)

adj.

1. Ascending, sloping upward, or advancing: a rising tide.

2. Coming to maturity; emerging: the rising generation.

n.

1. The action of one that rises.

2. An uprising; an insurrection.

3. A prominence or projection.

4. The leaven or yeast used to make dough rise in baking.

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rising [ˈraɪzɪŋ]

n

1. an insurrection or rebellion; revolt

2. (Cookery) the yeast or leaven used to make dough rise in baking

adj (prenominal)

1. increasing in rank, status, or reputation a rising young politician

2. increasing in maturity; growing up to adulthood the rising generation

adv

Informal approaching the age of; nearly she's rising 40

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Rising 

See Also: BEARING, STANDING

1. Everything undulates like water weed —John Berger

   Berger’s simile appeared in his afterword for the published script of the movie, Nineteen-Nineteen.

2. Got up clumsily, cautiously, like one standing in a stalled Ferris wheel —Stanley Elkin
3. Lifts like a starting gate —Daniel Berrigan
4. Popped up … like a released spring —Elizabeth Spencer
5. Raising himself in his seat like a panelist answering a question from the audience —Kingsley Amis
6. Reared like a seal —Erich Maria Remarque
7. (He felt his cock) rearing up like a kite —Jilly Cooper
8. Rise (from sleep) like driftwood out of surf —Karl Shapiro
9. (Smoke that) rises like birds —D. H. Lawrence
10. Rising gawkily like a tame goose trying to fly —Margaret Laurence
11. Rising like a north wind —Lawrence Durrell
12. Rising like a salmon against the bullnecked river —Louis MacNeice
13. Rising like cakes —Thomas Lux
14. Rising uncomfortably, like a schoolboy in the presence of a censuring teacher —Jan Kubicki
15. Rose like bubbles to the surface —Ivo Andric
16. Rose, like royalty —Edna Ferber
17. Rose … slowly, like a statue coming reluctantly to life —James Crumley
18. Rose to go … like a business man who has wasted a valuable twenty minutes on a prospective customer —Christopher Isherwood
19. Rose up like a flying swan —Stevie Smith
20. Scrambled back out of his chair like a foot soldier ducking a grenade —Robert Lewis Taylor
21. Stood [up to go], like Cinderella hearing the stroke of midnight —Eric Knight
22. Stood up, tawny and twinkling like a mobile in a breeze —Dick Francis
23. Surfaced like a nugget on sinking soil —Derek Lambert
24. Surfaced like a trout that had spotted a dragonfly just above the water —Joan Hess

    What surfaces in Hess’ novel, Strangled Prose, is a character’s alter ego.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rising - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" ascension, ascent, rise change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something climbing, mounting, climb - an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) elevation, raising, lift - the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" heave, heaving - an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" liftoff - the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom - a rapid rise takeoff - the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne uplift, upthrow, upthrust, upheaval - (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) uplifting - the rise of something; "the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky"
	2.	rising - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another insurrection, revolt, uprising, rebellion conflict, struggle, battle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" insurgence, insurgency - an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict intifada, intifadah - an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000; "the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993" mutiny - open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
Adj.	1.	rising - advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market" falling - becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling market"; "falling incomes"
	2.	rising - sloping upward                       acclivitous, uphill ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
	3.	rising - coming to maturity; "the rising generation" emerging future - yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"
	4.	rising - newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician" new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"

Translations

rising [ˈraɪzɪŋ]

A. ADJ

1. (= increasing) [number, quantity] → creciente; [prices etc] → en aumento, en alza (Fin) [trend] → alcista
the rising number of murders → el creciente número de homicidios
with rising alarm → con creciente alarma

2. (= getting higher) [sun, moon] → naciente; [ground] → en pendiente; [tide] → creciente
the house stood on rising ground → la casa estaba construída sobre una pendiente

3. (fig) (= promising) → prometedor
rising politician → político m en alza
the rising generation → las nuevas generaciones

B. ADV (= almost) → casi
he's rising 12 → pronto tendrá 12 años

C. N

1. (= uprising) → rebelión f, sublevación f

2. [of river] → nacimiento m; [of sun etc] → salida f

3. on the rising of the House (Parl) → al suspenderse la sesión

D. CPD rising damp N → humedad f de paredes
rising star N (fig) (= person) → figura f emergente

rising [ˈraɪzɪŋ]

adj

(= increasing) [number, level, rate] → croissant(e)
Rising interest rates are bad for borrowers → Les taux d'intérêt croissants sont préjudiciables pour les emprunteurs.

[tide] → montant(e)

[sun, moon, star] → levant(e)

(= up-and-coming) → d'avenir

n (= uprising) → soulèvement m, insurrection f
rising damp n → humidité f (montant des fondations)
rising star n

(ASTRONOMY) → étoile f montante

(= person) → étoile f montante

rising

n

(= rebellion) → Erhebung f, → Aufstand m

(of sun, star) → Aufgehen nt, → Aufgang m; (of barometer, prices, river) → (An)steigen nt; (from dead) → Auferstehung f; (of theatre curtain) → Hochgehen nt; (of ground) → Steigung f, → Anstieg m; the rising and falling of … → das Auf und Ab (+gen) → …

(= adjournment: of Parliament etc) → Auseinandergehen nt

adj

sun, star → aufgehend; tide, barometer → steigend; (= sloping) ground → ansteigend; the rising sap → der aufsteigende Saft

(= increasing) prices, inflation, stock market, currency → steigend; unemployment → steigend, zunehmend; crime → zunehmend; wind → aufkommend; hopes → steigend; anger, fury → wachsend; the rising tide of violence → die zunehmende Welle der Gewalt

(fig) a rising young doctor → ein aufstrebender junger Arzt; a rising politician → ein kommender Politiker; the rising generation → die kommende Generation; (the) rising threes/fives (Brit Sch) → die knapp Drei-/Fünfjährigen

adv (inf) she’s rising sixteen → sie ist fast sechzehn

rising [ˈraɪzɪŋ]

1. adj

a. (increasing, number) → sempre crescente; (prices) → in aumento; (tide) → montante; (anger, alarm, doubt) → crescente

b. (getting higher, sun, moon) → nascente, che sorge; (ground) → in salita (fig) (promising) → promettente

2. n (uprising) → sommossa