riser
Someone or something which risesSomeone or something which rises.
Meaning
11 sensesSomeone or something which rises.
a person who rises (especially from bed)
A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.
The choir stood on risers for the performance.
A vertical part of a step on a staircase.
Setzstufe
подступёнокpodstupjónok
structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step
The main body of a bow.
A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to convey fluids (e.g. gas, water).
a vertical pipe in a building
A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.
A reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling.
(colloquial, countable)An erection of the penis.
An audio effect that gradually increases in frequency, pitch, or volume.
Examples
40 sentencesYou're an early riser, aren't you?
Ти рано встаєш, так? — aandrusiak
She's an early riser.
Вона жайворонок. — deniko
ruОна жаворонок. — marafon
deSie ist eine Frühaufsteherin. — Adelpa
My family are all early risers.
ruУ меня в семье все жаворонки. — marafon
My mother is an early riser.
ruМоя мама - жаворонок. — marafon
deMeine Mutter ist eine Frühaufsteherin. — al_ex_an_der
Tom is a late riser, isn't he?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ryser, risere, equivalent to rise + -er.From Middle English ryser, risere, equivalent to rise + -er.
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Forms
plural: risersSynonyms
3 synonyms- a vertical pipe in a building:riser piperiser pipelineriser main
Word family
6 related wordsSee also
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