A US dialectal past tense form of 'rise' — used in regional American speech particularly in Appalachian, Southern, and rural Midwestern dialects where older English grammatical patterns survived longer. 'The sun has riz' means the sun has risen; bread dough that has 'riz' has risen properly. While it sounds archaic to standard speakers, it's still genuinely heard in living dialects. Poets and lyricists have also used 'riz' for its rustic, rhythmic charm.
By the time we got up, the bread dough had already riz up over the top of the bowl.
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(US, dialect) ; rose.
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(US, dialect) ; risen.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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