Noun
- 1. rose, rosebush, shrub, bush
- usage: any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
- 2. blush wine, pink wine, rose, rose wine, wine, vino
- usage: pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
- 3. rose, rosiness, pink
- usage: a dusty pink color
Verb
- 1. rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise, travel, go, move, locomote
- usage: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
- 2. rise, go up, climb, grow
- usage: increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
- 3. arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up, change posture
- usage: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
- 4. rise, lift, rear, look, appear, seem
- usage: rise up; "The building rose before them"
- 5. surface, come up, rise up, rise, ascend, go up
- usage: come to the surface
- 6. originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow, become
- usage: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
- 7. ascend, move up, rise, change
- usage: move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
- 8. wax, mount, climb, rise, increase
- usage: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
- 9. heighten, rise, increase
- usage: become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
- 10. get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise
- usage: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
- 11. rise, jump, climb up, change
- usage: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
- 12. rise
- usage: become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
- 13. rise, undertake, tackle, take on
- usage: exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
- 14. rebel, arise, rise, rise up, protest, resist, dissent
- usage: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- 15. rise, prove, grow
- usage: increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
- 16. rise, come up, uprise, ascend, rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
- usage: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
- 17. resurrect, rise, uprise, return
- usage: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
Adjective
- 1. rose, roseate, rosaceous, chromatic (vs. achromatic)
- usage: of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn"
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