--- title: R — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 44 description: The 1025 words of the English dictionary under R, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / R # R — The English dictionary · page 44 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A violent, noisy disturbance by a crowd of people in a public place.[↗](../../riot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Verb: to take part in such a disturbance.[↗](../../riot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A very funny or fun person or event.[↗](../../riot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The party was a riot.[↗](../../riot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «A riot of colour»: a very bright mix of colours.[↗](../../riot/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «Run riot»: to behave wildly without control, or to grow wildly.[↗](../../riot/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Police were called to stop the riot.[↗](../../riot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fans rioted after the match.[↗](../../riot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Your birthday party was a riot\![↗](../../riot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden was a riot of colour in spring.[↗](../../riot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The children ran riot when the teacher left the room.[↗](../../riot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum read us the riot act about the mess.[↗](../../riot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **riotous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Noisy, wild and out of control, like a riot.[↗](../../riotous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Full of fun, loud laughter and wild energy: «a riotous party».[↗](../../riotous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of colour or plants) Very bright, rich or growing wildly.[↗](../../riotous/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clown show ended in riotous laughter.[↗](../../riotous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd became riotous after the match.[↗](../../riotous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a riotous time at the sleepover.[↗](../../riotous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden was riotous with colour in June.[↗](../../riotous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Riotous behaviour on the bus is dangerous.[↗](../../riotous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The story is a riotous adventure with pirates and pies.[↗](../../riotous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.[↗](../../riotous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.9.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../riotous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She is riotous and rebellious, her feet abide not in her house; (Writings PRO.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../riotous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whosoever reeleth thereby is not wise.[↗](../../riotous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.20.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../riotous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **rip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To rip is to tear something quickly and roughly: rip paper, rip your jeans.[↗](../../rip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To rip off or out is to pull something away quickly.[↗](../../rip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A rip is a long tear in cloth or paper.[↗](../../rip/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A rip (rip current) is a strong current flowing out to sea from a beach.[↗](../../rip/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* RIP means «rest in peace», written on graves.[↗](../../rip/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* In old dialect, to rip can mean to rage, rant and carry on loudly.[↗](../../rip/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He ripped the paper in half.[↗](../../rip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I ripped my jeans on the fence.[↗](../../rip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a rip in my coat.[↗](../../rip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Swim between the flags to avoid rips.[↗](../../rip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If a rip pulls you out, float and raise your hand.[↗](../../rip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She ripped open the present.[↗](../../rip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That ticket price is a rip-off\![↗](../../rip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The gravestone said «RIP».[↗](../../rip/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He rip en he ra'r, en he cuss, en he swar; he snort en he cavort."[↗](../../rip/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **ripe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ripe fruit or grain is ready to eat or pick; it is soft, sweet and has its full colour.[↗](../../ripe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ripe can mean ready for something: «The time is ripe».[↗](../../ripe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «A ripe old age» means a very old age.[↗](../../ripe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Of 30 bananas, 18 are ripe.[↗](../../ripe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many tomatoes are not ripe?[↗](../../ripe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 3/4 of the apples are ripe.[↗](../../ripe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She picked only the ripe strawberries.[↗](../../ripe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A ripe banana is yellow with brown spots.[↗](../../ripe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Green tomatoes are not ripe yet.[↗](../../ripe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the pears in a paper bag to help them ripen.[↗](../../ripe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandpa lived to a ripe old age.[↗](../../ripe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The time was ripe for a change.[↗](../../ripe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Oh! shake me, shake me, my apples are all quite ripe.’[↗](../../ripe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and in the vine were three branches; and as it was budding, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes, (Torah GEN.40.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ripe/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land.' — Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes. — (Torah NUM.13.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ripe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house may eat thereof.[↗](../../ripe/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.18.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ripe/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished.[↗](../../ripe/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ripe/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.[↗](../../ripe/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ripe/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.[↗](../../ripe/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ripe/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **ripen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To ripen means to become ready to eat, soft and sweet, as fruit and crops do.[↗](../../ripen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To ripen something means to make it ripe.[↗](../../ripen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A plan or a situation ripens when it becomes ready or right for action.[↗](../../ripen/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tomatoes ripened in the sun.[↗](../../ripen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the avocado in a bag with a banana to ripen it.[↗](../../ripen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wheat ripens in late summer.[↗](../../ripen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Green bananas ripen in a few days.[↗](../../ripen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The apples are ripening on the tree.[↗](../../ripen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cheese ripens slowly in a cave.[↗](../../ripen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. — (Torah EXO.9.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ripen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ripened** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Became ripe: fruit or grain grew ready to eat or harvest.[↗](../../ripened/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Made something ripe.[↗](../../ripened/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of ideas, plans, cheese) Developed fully over time.[↗](../../ripened/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tomatoes ripened in the greenhouse.[↗](../../ripened/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bananas ripened faster in a paper bag.[↗](../../ripened/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sun-ripened strawberries taste the sweetest.[↗](../../ripened/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · By August the wheat had ripened.[↗](../../ripened/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheese ripened in a cave for months.[↗](../../ripened/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her plan ripened slowly over the summer.[↗](../../ripened/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ripeness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The state of fruit, vegetables or grain being fully grown and ready to eat or pick.[↗](../../ripeness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Being fully developed or ready.[↗](../../ripeness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the ripeness of time".[↗](../../ripeness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Check the ripeness of an avocado by gently pressing it.[↗](../../ripeness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The strawberries were picked at full ripeness.[↗](../../ripeness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You can tell the ripeness of a banana by its colour.[↗](../../ripeness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer waited for the wheat to reach ripeness.[↗](../../ripeness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sweet smell showed the melon's ripeness.[↗](../../ripeness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In science we recorded the ripeness of pears each day.[↗](../../ripeness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ripening** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ripening means becoming ripe — ready to eat, soft, sweet and coloured.[↗](../../ripening/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ripening can describe something that is slowly developing or getting ready.[↗](../../ripening/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tomatoes are ripening on the windowsill.[↗](../../ripening/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ripening bananas turn from green to yellow.[↗](../../ripening/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The apples are ripening in the orchard.[↗](../../ripening/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunshine helps the ripening of grapes.[↗](../../ripening/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the pears in a bag to speed up ripening.[↗](../../ripening/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fields of ripening wheat turned gold.[↗](../../ripening/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off.[↗](../../ripening/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.18.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ripening/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ripped** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ripped means torn, often roughly or suddenly.[↗](../../ripped/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "ripped jeans".[↗](../../ripped/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) Ripped is the past form of rip.[↗](../../ripped/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "she ripped open the present".[↗](../../ripped/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang) Ripped means having very strong, clearly seen muscles.[↗](../../ripped/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "he's ripped".[↗](../../ripped/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) Ripped off means cheated, charged too much.[↗](../../ripped/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "we got ripped off".[↗](../../ripped/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Ripped out means pulled out by force.[↗](../../ripped/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the old fence was ripped out".[↗](../../ripped/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I ripped my trousers on the fence.[↗](../../ripped/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She ripped open the envelope.[↗](../../ripped/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He ripped the paper into 8 equal pieces.[↗](../../ripped/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Those trainers cost 200 dollars?[↗](../../ripped/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") You got ripped off\![↗](../../ripped/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind ripped the tent apart.[↗](../../ripped/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After months at the gym he was totally ripped.[↗](../../ripped/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My big sister loves ripped jeans.[↗](../../ripped/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then, telling the giant he would show him a trick, taking a knife, Jack ripped open the bag, and out came all the hasty pudding.[↗](../../ripped/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she hath rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.[↗](../../ripped/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.14.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ripped/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah; because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.[↗](../../ripped/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.15.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ripped/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.[↗](../../ripped/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ripped/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **ripper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ripper is a person or tool that rips or tears things.[↗](../../ripper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Australia, NZ, slang) «Ripper!» means great or excellent; «a ripper» is something really good.[↗](../../ripper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Jack the Ripper» is the name given to an unknown murderer in London long ago; this is a grim, adult part of history.[↗](../../ripper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That was a ripper of a game, mate\![↗](../../ripper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «You little ripper!»[↗](../../ripper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Grandpa shouted when we won.[↗](../../ripper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum used a seam ripper to undo the wrong stitches.[↗](../../ripper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a ripper day at the beach.[↗](../../ripper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bluey's dad might call a good cake a ripper.[↗](../../ripper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The police never caught Jack the Ripper.[↗](../../ripper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ripping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Present participle of «rip»: tearing quickly and roughly.[↗](../../ripping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* adjective (UK, old-fashioned, informal) Wonderful, excellent: «a ripping adventure».[↗](../../ripping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Moving very fast or strongly: «a ripping current».[↗](../../ripping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* ripping off (slang) Cheating someone by charging too much; also copying.[↗](../../ripping/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He was ripping open his birthday presents.[↗](../../ripping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog is ripping up the newspaper.[↗](../../ripping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "What a ripping adventure!" said Jack in the old story.[↗](../../ripping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop ripping pages out of your book\![↗](../../ripping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That shop is ripping people off with high prices.[↗](../../ripping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind was ripping through the trees.[↗](../../ripping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · John said “How ripping,” but decided to have tea first.[↗](../../ripping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ripple** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small wave on the surface of water, like the rings when you drop a stone in a pond.[↗](../../ripple/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To move in small waves.[↗](../../ripple/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The flag rippled in the wind."[↗](../../ripple/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Something that spreads slowly.[↗](../../ripple/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a ripple of laughter".[↗](../../ripple/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I threw a pebble and watched the ripples spread.[↗](../../ripple/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind made ripples on the lake.[↗](../../ripple/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A ripple of laughter went round the class.[↗](../../ripple/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The curtains rippled in the breeze.[↗](../../ripple/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ripples spread out in circles from where the stone landed.[↗](../../ripple/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · One kind act can have a ripple effect.[↗](../../ripple/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sand on the beach had ripples from the waves.[↗](../../ripple/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **rise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To rise is to go up, move upward: «Smoke rises».[↗](../../rise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Sun rises when it appears in the morning.[↗](../../rise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To rise is to increase: «Prices rose».[↗](../../rise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To rise is to get up: from bed or from a chair.[↗](../../rise/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A rise is an increase, or (UK) more pay.[↗](../../rise/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A rise is a small hill or slope.[↗](../../rise/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* When bread dough rises, it swells up and grows bigger before it is baked.[↗](../../rise/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Sun rises in the east.[↗](../../rise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hot air rises.[↗](../../rise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature rose to 30 degrees.[↗](../../rise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The river is rising after the storm.[↗](../../rise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · All rise for the judge.[↗](../../rise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rise and shine — time for school\![↗](../../rise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a rise in the number of visitors.[↗](../../rise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The dough has risen nicely.[↗](../../rise/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Tattlin' 'oman can't make de bread rise.[↗](../../rise/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to bear perverted witness against him; (Torah DEU.19.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rise/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered.'[↗](../../rise/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") And we went over the brook Zered.[↗](../../rise/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rise/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.[↗](../../rise/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rise/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Many are they that rise up against me.[↗](../../rise/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rise/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers?[↗](../../rise/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.94.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rise/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help.[↗](../../rise/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.35.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rise/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **risen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Risen means having gone up or got higher.[↗](../../risen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Risen is used for the sun or moon coming up.[↗](../../risen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Risen is used for prices, numbers or water going up.[↗](../../risen/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Risen can mean got up from bed or from sitting, or (old) come back to life.[↗](../../risen/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sun has risen.[↗](../../risen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature has risen by 4 degrees since morning.[↗](../../risen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Prices have risen this year.[↗](../../risen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bread has risen in the oven.[↗](../../risen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The river had risen after the rain.[↗](../../risen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The number of pupils has risen from 200 to 250, a rise of 50.[↗](../../risen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun had not yet risen, but the morning was come.[↗](../../risen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.[↗](../../risen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.19.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../risen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.[↗](../../risen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.32.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../risen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him — he shall make restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.[↗](../../risen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../risen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They are bowed down and fallen; but we are risen, and stand upright.[↗](../../risen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.20.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../risen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.[↗](../../risen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.60.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../risen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul; they have not set God before them.[↗](../../risen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.54.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../risen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **riser** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who gets up from bed at a certain time: «an early riser», «a late riser».[↗](../../riser/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The upright part of each step on a staircase, between one tread and the next.[↗](../../riser/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A low platform or stage block that makes people stand higher, as for a choir.[↗](../../riser/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A pipe going upwards in a building.[↗](../../riser/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma is an early riser and gets up at five.[↗](../../riser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm a late riser at weekends.[↗](../../riser/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each stair riser is 18 centimetres high.[↗](../../riser/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The choir stood on risers so everyone could be seen.[↗](../../riser/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The water riser pipe runs up the building for the firefighters.[↗](../../riser/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If there are 12 steps with 20 cm risers, the stairs are 240 cm high.[↗](../../riser/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) … [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/43/) **44** [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/45/) … [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/55/) - ← previous: [page 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/43/) - next →: [page 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/45/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)