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rijzen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dawn noun The time of day when light first appears in the sky before the sun rises.
  • lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
  • rise verb To move upward or increase.

Senses

rijzen is used for these senses in English:

  • dawn (intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
  • lift To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  • rise The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
  • rise (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
  • rise (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
  • rise To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.

dawn — full definition

  1. noun The time of day when light first appears in the sky before the sun rises.
  2. verb To begin to become clear or obvious to someone, often suddenly.

lift — full definition

  1. verb To raise something to a higher position.
  2. verb To remove or cancel a restriction, ban, or rule.
  3. verb To steal something, especially casually or without much effort.
  4. noun British English word for an elevator: a device for carrying people or goods between floors.
  5. noun A free ride in someone else's vehicle.

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