(idiomatic) To show resolve or effectiveness in dealing with a difficulty. / (idiomatic, euphemistic, humorous) To achieve erection for sexual intercourse.

present participle of rise up

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rise up

(Ireland, poetic) a rebellion.

plural of rising action

(UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) An increase in salary or wages.

The imprint upon the surface of a body of water that is made by a feeding trout, indicative by its form of the feeding behavior of the fish.

(nautical) The transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor.

(nautical) An elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length.

(obsolete or historical) An illness or obstructive condition of the larynx, trachea, or lungs, found as a cause of death on bills of mortality in the 16- and 1700s; possibly croup.