raise

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Synonyms: rise, praise, rase, fraise, rasse, araise, rais, paise, raine, raisa, baise

Antonyms: rise, praise, rase, fraise, rasse, araise, rais, paise, raine, raisa, baise

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Verb

1. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
   • to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
   • the flag was raised
   • to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
   • The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
   • to raise Sandy Hook light
   • The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
2. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
   • to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
3. To cause something to come to the surface of water.
   • The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
4. To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
   • to raise Sandy Hook light
5. To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
6. To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
   • The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
7. To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
8. To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
9. To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
10. To create, increase or develop.
    • We need to raise the motivation level in the company.
    • to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods; to raise (increase) taxes
    • to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops
    • We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
    • Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?
    • to raise somebody to office
    • A few important questions were raised after the attack.
    • There should be some consideration (i.e., payment or exchange) to raise a use.
    • Starting in January we will raise (introduce) taxes on all tobacco substitutes and vaping accessories.
11. To collect or amass.
    • to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops
12. To call up the forces of, to raise the troops from.
13. To bring up; to grow.
    • We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
    • Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?
14. To promote.
    • to raise somebody to office
15. To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
    • A few important questions were raised after the attack.
16. To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
    • There should be some consideration (i.e., payment or exchange) to raise a use.
17. To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
    • Starting in January we will raise (introduce) taxes on all tobacco substitutes and vaping accessories.
18. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
    • Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.
19. To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
    • John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.
20. To exponentiate, to involute.
    • Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.
21. To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
22. To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
23. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
24. To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
    • A division by zero will raise an exception.
25. To open, initiate.
    • I will raise a trouble-ticket in order to correct this reporting issue.
26. Misspelling of raze.

Noun

1. Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
   • The boss gave me a raise.
2. A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
3. A bet that increases the previous bet.
4. A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
5. A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

Noun

1. A cairn or pile of stones.

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