rouse¹ /rowz/

1. To stir up
2. To awaken
3. To start, as from cover or lair
4. To excite
5. To put in action
6. To haul in (eg a cable)
7. To disturb (rare)
8. To shake the feathers of (orig reflexive; obsolete)
9. To ruffle, set up (obsolete)

1. To awake
2. To be excited to action
3. To shake oneself (obsolete)
4. To rise from cover (rare)
5. To stand erect (of hair; Shakespeare)

1. A shake of the feathers, body, etc (obsolete)
2. Reveille

rousˈant adjective (heraldry)

Rising as a bird

rouseˈabout noun (Aust and NZ)

An odd-job man on a sheep station

rouseˈment noun (US)

Religious excitement

• Billings method
• billion
• billionaire
• billionaires
• billionairess
• billionfold
• billions
• billionth
• billionths
• billman
• billmen
• bill of adventure
• bill of costs
• bill of exceptions
• bill of exchange
• bill of fare
• bill of health
• bill of indictment
• bill of lading
• bill of mortality
• bill of oblivion
• bill of quantities
• bill of rights
• bill of sale
• bill of sight