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.