Definitions of rise:

• noun:   the act of changing location in an upward direction
• noun:   an increase in cost

  Example: "They asked for a 10% rise in rates"

• noun:   a growth in strength or number or importance
• noun:   a movement upward

  Example: "They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"

• noun:   increase in price or value
• noun:   the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
• noun:   the amount a salary is increased
• noun:   (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
• noun:   a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
• noun:   an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

  Example: "The car couldn't make it up the rise"

• verb:   rise up
• verb:   exert oneself to meet a challenge

  Example: "Rise to a challenge"

• verb:   increase in value or to a higher point
• verb:   rise in rank or status
• verb:   become heartened or elated
• verb:   move upward
• verb:   come up, of celestial bodies

  Example: "The sun also rises"

• verb:   increase in volume
• verb:   become more extreme
• verb:   return from the dead

  Example: "Christ is risen!"

• verb:   be promoted, move to a better position
• verb:   rise to one's feet
• verb:   take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
• verb:   come into existence; take on form or shape
• verb:   go up or advance
• verb:   come to the surface
• verb:   get up and out of bed
• name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #32971)