1. [noun] The act of ascending. A motion upwards.
2. [noun] The way or means by which one ascends.
3. [noun] An eminence, hill, or high place.
4. [noun] The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.
5. [noun] (typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
6. [noun] An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
7. [noun] An upward slope or grade (as in a road); 'the car couldn't make it up the rise'.
8. [noun] A movement upward; 'they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon'.
9. [noun] The act of changing location in an upward direction.
