Main entry: rise
Definition: a growth in strength or number or importance
Main entry: rise, rising, ascension, ascent
Definition: a movement upward
Usage: they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
Antonyms: fall
Definition: a movement downward
Main entry: ascent, acclivity, climb, upgrade, rise, raise
Definition: an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Usage: the car couldn't make it up the rise
Antonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
Definition: a downward slope or bend
Main entry: lift, come up, rise, move up, go up, arise, uprise
Definition: move upward
Usage: The fog lifted; The smoke arose from the forest fire; The mist uprose from the meadows
Antonyms: go down, come down, fall, descend
Definition: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
Main entry: come up, uprise, rise, ascend
Definition: come up, of celestial bodies
Usage: The sun also rises; The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...; Jupiter ascends
Main entry: climb, wax, mount, rise
Definition: go up or advance
Usage: Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
Antonyms: wane
Definition: become smaller
Main entry: get up, uprise, rise, arise, turn out
Definition: get up and out of bed
Usage: I get up at 7 A.M. every day; They rose early; He uprose at night
Antonyms: crawl in, retire, sack out, hit the hay, hit the sack, go to bed, go to sleep, turn in, bed, kip down
Definition: prepare for sleep
Main entry: rise, arise, stand up, get up, uprise
Definition: rise to one's feet
Usage: The audience got up and applauded
Definition: take a seat
Definition: assume a reclining position