rising

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English

Verb

rising

1. Present participle of rise.

Noun

rising (plural risings)

1. rebellion

Translations

rebellion

• Catalan: rebel·lar-se (ca)
• Finnish: kapina (fi), kansannousu (fi)

• Greek: ξεσηκωμός (el) (xesikomós), (xesikomos)

Adjective

rising (comparative more rising, superlative most rising)

1. that which goes up

Translations

going up

• Catalan: creixent (ca), ixent (ca), naixent (ca)
• Finnish: nouseva (fi)
• German: steigend (de), aufgehend (de)

• Icelandic: rísandi (is) n
• Russian: растущий (ru) (rastúščij), восходящий (ru) (vosxodjáščij)

Related terms

• rise

Preposition

rising

1. (US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.

   a horse rising six years of age

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• siring