v.1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling: The kindergartners rose up after naptime and resumed their activities.
2. To travel upward: The hot air balloon is rising up above the clouds.
3. To rise into view, especially from below the horizon: The campers were eating breakfast when they saw the sun rise up over the mountains.
4. To increase in pitch or volume; swell: In the final chorus, the altos rose up above the other voices.
5. To surge from an inner source; well up: Even though the situation seemed desperate, I felt hope rise up within me.
6. To stage a resistance or revolt; rebel: The migrant workers rose up against the unfair wages.