rising
rising definition
ris·ing (rī′ziŋ)
adjective
- that rises; going up, ascending, mounting, advancing, sloping upward, etc.
- advancing to adult years; growing; maturing the rising generation
- Astrol. ascendant (sense )
- ☆ Informal, Dialectal
- fully as much as; somewhat more than
- approaching; nearing: in these meanings sometimes construed as a preposition a man rising fifty
noun
- the act or process of a person or thing that rises; esp., an uprising; revolt; insurrection
- something that rises; specif.,
- a projection or prominence
- Dialectal a boil, abscess, etc.
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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