uprise

¹up·rise

verb \ˌəp-ˈrīz\

up·rose\-ˈrōz\up·ris·en\-ˈri-z^ən\up·ris·ing\-ˈrī-ziŋ\

Definition of UPRISE

intransitive verb

1

a : to rise to a higher position b (1) : stand up (2) : to get out of bed c : to come into view especially from below the horizon

2

: to rise up in sound

— up·ris·er \ˌəp-ˈrī-zər, ˈəp-ˌ\ noun

Examples of UPRISE

1. <uprise! we have lots of work to do today!>
2. <as we went from the coast into the state's interior, the land gradually began uprising and eventually we were on mountainous terrain>

First Known Use of UPRISE

14th century

Related to UPRISE

Synonyms: get up, rise, roll out, turn out, arise

Antonyms: bed (down), retire, turn in

Related Words: arouse, awake, awaken, bestir, stir, wake

Near Antonyms: catnap, doze, drop off, lie up, nap, nod, rest, sleep, slumber, snooze; bunk, perch, roost, settle; couch, doss (down) [chiefly British], flop (down), lie (down), recline

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Rhymes with UPRISE

abscise, advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, chastise, clockwise, coastwise, cognize, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, edgewise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, sunrise, surmise, surprise, trim size, twin-size, unwise