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How to sign: rise to one's feet
"The audience got up and applauded";
Similiar / Same: get up, stand up, rise, uprise
Categories: change posture
Within this category: take the floor
How to sign: get up and out of bed
"I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night";
Similiar / Same: get up, uprise, rise, turn out
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: originate, uprise, spring up, develop, grow, rise
Categories: become
Within this category: come, come forth, head, resurge, well up
How to sign: occur
"A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion";
Similiar / Same: come up
Categories: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
Within this category: come up, condense, open
How to sign: to return to life from being dead (usually in a religious context rather than a medical one)
How to sign: move upward
"The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows";
See also: surface, rise up, come up, rise
Similiar / Same: rise, move up, go up, lift, come up, uprise
Categories: go, locomote, move, travel
Within this category: chandelle, climb, go up, rise, rocket, scend, soar, steam, uplift
How to sign: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
Similiar / Same: rebel, rise up, rise
