rising

(ziŋ)

adjective

  1. that rises; going up, ascending, mounting, advancing, sloping upward, etc.
  2. advancing to adult years; growing; maturing: the rising generation
  3. Astrol. ascendant (sense )
  4. Informal, Dialectal
    1. fully as much as; somewhat more than
    2. approaching; nearing: in these meanings sometimes construed as a preposition: a man rising fifty

noun

  1. the act or process of a person or thing that rises; esp., an uprising; revolt; insurrection
  2. something that rises; specif.,
    1. a projection or prominence
    2. Dialectal a boil, abscess, etc.

See rising in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Ascending, sloping upward, or advancing: a rising tide.
  2. Coming to maturity; emerging: the rising generation.
noun
  1. The action of one that rises.
  2. An uprising; an insurrection.
  3. A prominence or projection.
  4. The leaven or yeast used to make dough rise in baking.

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