Meaning

3 senses
  1. Rebellion.

  2. The act of something that rises.

    the risings and fallings of a thermometer

  3. (US, dated)A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.

    salt rising

    milk rising

More definitions
  • a movement upward; rise above the ground
  • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

Examples

207 sentences
  1. The sun is rising.

    Сонце встає. — deniko

    ruСолнце встаёт. — Hellerick

    deDie Sonne geht auf. — BraveSentry

  2. Prices are rising.

    Ціни зростають. — deniko

    ruЦены растут. — ae5s

    deDie Preise steigen. — samueldora

  3. The water is rising.

    Вода піднімається. — deniko

    ruВода поднимается. — marafon

    deDas Wasser steigt. — Yorwba

  4. The sea level is rising.

    Рівень моря піднімається. — deniko

    ruУровень моря поднимается. — marafon

    deDer Meeresspiegel steigt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. The smoke is rising in the air.

    deDer Rauch steigt in die Luft auf. — Dani6187

Translations

1 languages

Origin

By surface analysis, rise + -ing.

By surface analysis, rise + -ing.

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Forms

plural: risings
Singularrising
Pluralrisings

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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