EGAVE

rising

About 26.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb present participle and gerund of rise
  2. noun Rebellion.
  3. noun The act of something that rises.
    the risings and fallings of a thermometer
  4. noun A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
    salt rising
  5. adjective Going up, physically or in quantity, rate, etc.
  6. adjective Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be.
  7. adjective Having its wings raised (either addorsed or sometimes displayed), standing on the tips of its feet as if about to take flight, typically depicted in profile. Eagles 2 through 5 are rising with their wings in various attitudes (2: elevated and addorsed; 3: elevated and displayed; 4: addorsed and inverted; 5: displayed and inverted).
  8. preposition More than; exceeding; upwards of.

Similar words

ascent ascending ascension up uphill heightening increasing high advancing emerging

Often followed by

from to in and of sun up above tide

Word family

risings

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