Any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses.

synonym: rosebush.

Roget 350: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito^†, aboideau^†, aboiteau [Fr.], bito^†; acequia^†, acequiador^†, acequiamadre^†; arroyo; adit^†, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate^†, runner; lock-weir, tedge^†; vena^†; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina^†; pipe etc. (tube) 260; funnel; tunnel etc. (passage) 627; water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory^†, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage^†, ajutage^†; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle^†; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks.    pipeline.    ... show more

Roget 434: red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose [Fr.], rose du Barry^†; magenta, damask, purple; flesh color, flesh tint; color; fresh color, high color; warmth; gules [Heral.].    ruby, carbuncle; rose; rust, iron mold.    [Dyes and pigments] cinnabar, cochineal; fuchsine^†; ruddle^†, madder; Indian red, light red, Venetian red; red ink, annotto^†; annatto^†, realgar, minium^†, red lead.    redness etc. adj.; rubescence^†, rubicundity, rubification^†; erubescence^†, blush.    ... show more

Roget 845: beauty, the beautiful, to kalon [Gr.], le beau ideal.    [Science of the perception of beauty] aesthetics, callaesthetics^†.    [-beauty of people] pulchritude, form, elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty; symmetry etc. 242; comeliness, fairness etc. adj.; polish, gloss; good effect, good looks; belle tournure^†; trigness^†; bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence; sublimity, sublimification^†.    concinnity^†, delicacy, refinement; charm, je ne sais quoi [Fr.], style.    Venus, Aphrodite^†, Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo^†, Hyperion, Adonis^†, Antionous^†, Narcissus.    peacock, butterfly; garden; flower of, pink of; bijou; jewel etc. (ornament) 847; work of art.    flower, flow'ret gay^†; [flowers: list] wildflower; rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, ranunculus, rhododendron, windflower.    pleasurableness etc. 829.    beautifying; landscaping, landscape gardening; decoration etc. 847; calisthenics^†.    [person who is beautiful] beauty; hunk (of men). ... show more

Dutch: roos
Polish: róża

Pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began.

synonyms: blush wine, pink wine, rose wine.

Dutch: roos

A dusty pink color.

synonym: rosiness.

Polish: różaność

Of something having a dusty purplish pink color:
— The roseate glow of dawn.

synonyms: rosaceous, roseate.

Polish: rumiany

A growth in strength or number or importance.

Roget 66: beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation^†; introduction etc. (precursor) 64; alpha, initial; inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation [Fr.], rising of the curtain; maiden speech; outbreak, onset, brunt; initiative, move, first move; narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge; fresh start, new departure.    origin etc. (cause) 153; source, rise; bud, germ etc. 153; egg, rudiment; genesis, primogenesis^†, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy; start, inception, creation, starting point etc. 293; dawn etc. (morning) 125; evolution.    title-page; head, heading; van etc. (front) 234; caption, fatihah^†.    entrance, entry; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon^†, door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule; propylaeum^†; skirts, border etc. (edge) 231.    first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight.    rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, ABC.    ... show more

The act of changing location in an upward direction.

synonyms: ascending, ascension, ascent.

Roget 35: increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation etc. (expansion) 194; increment, accretion; accession etc. 37; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent etc. 305; exaggeration exacerbation; spread etc. (dispersion) 73; flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.    ... show more

Dutch: beklimming, bestijging, Hemelvaart, hemelvaart, opklimming, opkomst, opstijgen, stijging

An upward slope or grade (as in a road):
— The car couldn't make it up the rise.

synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, upgrade.

Roget 217: obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness etc. adj.; slopeness^†; leaning etc. v.; bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion etc. 243; bend etc. (curve) 245; tower of Pisa.    acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd^†, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity^†; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe [Fr.]; facilis descensus averni [Lat.].    ... show more

Dutch: klim, helling

A movement upward:
— They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon.

synonyms: ascension, ascent, rising.

Dutch: Hemelvaart, hemelvaart

The amount a salary is increased.

synonyms: hike, raise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase.

Dutch: loonsverhoging, opslag, salarisverhoging

The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises.

synonyms: rising slope, upgrade.

Dutch: drempel

A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground.

synonym: lift.

theology The origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

synonyms: emanation, procession.

An increase in cost:
— They asked for a 10% rise in rates.

synonyms: boost, cost increase, hike.

Dutch: prijsstijging, kostentoename

Increase in price or value.

synonym: advance.

Roget 282: progress, progression, progressiveness; advancing etc. v.; advance, advancement; ongoing; flood, tide, headway; march etc. 266; rise; improvement etc. 658.    ... show more

Dutch: opvoering, verhoging
Polish: podwyżka

Move upward.

synonyms: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, uprise.

Roget 320: be light etc. adj.; float, rise, swim, be buoyed up.    render light etc. adj.; lighten, leaven.   

Roget 682: be active etc. adj.; busy oneself in; stir, stir about, stir one's stumps; bestir oneself, rouse oneself; speed, hasten, peg away, lay about one, bustle, fuss; raise up, kick up a dust; push; make a push, make a fuss, make a stir; go ahead, push forward; fight one's way, elbow one's way; make progress etc. 282; toll etc. (labor) 686; plod, persist etc. (persevere) 604.1; keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling.    look sharp; have all one's eyes about one etc. (vigilance) 459; rise, arouse oneself, hustle, get up early, be about, keep moving, steal a march, kill two birds with one stone; seize the opportunity etc. 134, lose no time, not lose a moment, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet, improve the shining hour, make short work of; dash off; make haste etc. 684; do one's best take pains etc. (exert oneself) 686; do wonders, work wonders.    have many irons in the fire, have one's hands full, have much on one's hands; have other things to do, have other fish to fry; be busy; not have a moment to spare, not have a moment that one can call one's own.    have one's fling, run the round of; go all lengths, stick at nothing, run riot.    outdo; overdo, overact, overlay, overshoot the mark; make a toil of a pleasure.    have a hand in etc. (act in) 680; take an active part, put in one's oar, have a finger in the pie, mix oneself up with, trouble, one's head about, intrigue; agitate.    tamper with, meddle, moil; intermeddle, interfere, interpose; obtrude; poke one's nose in, thrust one's nose in.    ... show more

Roget 305: ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise; go up, get up, work one's way up, start up; shoot up, go into orbit; float up; bubble up; aspire.    climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade^†, surmount; shin, shinny, shinney; scale, scale the heights.    [cause to go up] raise, elevate etc. 307.    go aloft, fly aloft; tower, soar, take off; spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards; hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge; leap etc. 309.    ... show more

Dutch: omhoogkomen, opkomen, optrekken

Increase in value or to a higher point.

synonyms: climb, go up.

Dutch: klimmen, oplopen, stijgen

Rise to one's feet.

synonyms: arise, get up, stand up, uprise.

Dutch: opstaan

Rise up.

synonyms: lift, rear.

Dutch: verrijzen

Come to the surface.

synonyms: come up, rise up, surface.

Dutch: bovenkomen

Come into existence; take on form or shape.

synonyms: arise, develop, grow, originate, spring up, uprise.

Roget 66: begin, start, commence; conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter; set out etc. (depart) 293; embark in; incept^†.    initiate, launch, inaugurate.    inchoate, rise, arise, originate.    usher in; lead off, lead the way; take the lead, take the initiative; head; stand at the head, stand first, stand for; lay the foundations etc. (prepare) 673; found etc. (cause) 153; set up, set on foot, agoing^†, set abroach^†, set the ball in motion; apply the match to a train; broach; open up, open the door to.    get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to; make a beginning, make a start.    handsel; take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf; break ground, break the ice, break cover; pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon; open fire, open the ball; ventilate, air; undertake etc. 676.    come into existence, come into the world; make one's debut, take birth; burst forth, break out; spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize.    begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo [Lat.].    begin again, begin de novo; start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards, resume, recommence.    ... show more

Dutch: komen, ontspinnen, ontspringen, ontspruiten, stammen, teruggaan, voortkomen, voortspruiten, wortelen

Move to a better position in life or to a better job.

synonyms: ascend, move up.

Go up or advance.

synonyms: climb, mount, wax.

Roget 206: be high etc. adj.; tower, soar, command; hover, hover over, fly over; orbit, be in orbit; cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch, surmount; cover etc. 223; overtop etc. (be superior) 33; stand on tiptoe.    become high etc. adj.; grow higher, grow taller; upgrow^†; rise etc. (ascend) 305; send into orbit.    render high etc. adj.; heighten etc. (elevate) 307.    ... show more

Become more extreme.

synonym: heighten.

Get up and out of bed.

synonyms: arise, get up, turn out, uprise.

Rise in rank or status.

synonyms: climb up, jump.

Become heartened or elated.

Exert oneself to meet a challenge.

Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance.

synonyms: arise, rebel, rise up.

Roget 742: disobey, violate, infringe; shirk; set at defiance etc. (defy) 715; set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of; take the law into one's own hands; kick over the traces.    turn restive, run restive; champ the bit; strike etc. (resist) 719; rise, rise in arms; secede; mutiny, rebel.    ... show more

Dutch: opstaan, rebelleren, revolteren

Increase in volume.

synonym: prove.

Dutch: rijzen

Come up, of celestial bodies:
— The sun also rises.

synonyms: ascend, come up, uprise.

Roget 35: increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate etc. (expand) 194; grow, wax, get ahead.    gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend etc. 305; sprout etc. 194.    aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino [Lat.], superadd etc. (add) 37; spread etc. (disperse) 73.    ... show more

Return from the dead:
— Christ is risen!.
— The dead are to uprise.

synonyms: resurrect, uprise.

Dutch: hergebruiken, herrijzen