See Also: rising(1)(dictionary)
rising(2)(dictionary)
Rising Star(money)
self-rising flour(dictionary)
rising damp(dictionary)
rising 2, noun(dictionary)
rising 1, adjective(dictionary)
Jacobite Rising, the(dictionary)
Easter Rising, the(dictionary)
Easter Rising(encyclopedia)

rising(1) (iou)



rising adjective & adverb. LME.
[from RISE verb + -ING2.]
A. adjective.
That rises; (of ground) sloping upward; (of a person) advancing in fortune, influence, or dignity, coming to prominence. LME.
Heraldry. Of a bird or winged creature: shown preparing for flight or taking wing. E17.
Special collocations: rising damp moisture absorbed from the ground into a wall. rising diphthong: see DIPHTHONG 1. rising five [strictly the pres. pple: see RISE verb 26] a child approaching his or her fifth birthday, esp. one who may thus be qualified to start school (usu. in pl.). rising line a curved line on the plan of a ship showing the heights of the floor-timbers. rising main (a) the vertical pipe of a pump; (b) an electricity main passing from one floor of a building to another. rising sign Astrology an ascendant sign. rising sun: see SUN noun1 (land of the rising sun: see LAND noun1).
b. adverb. Upwards of, in excess of, (rare). Also, fully as much as; rather more than. US. E19.