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Quick definitions from WordNet (raise)
▸ noun: increasing the size of a bet (as in poker) ("I'll see your raise and double it")
▸ noun: the amount a salary is increased ("He got a 3% raise")
▸ noun: the act of raising something ("Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up")
▸ noun: an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
▸ verb: collect funds for a specific purpose ("The President raised several million dollars for his college")
▸ verb: invigorate or heighten
▸ verb: bring (a surface, a design, etc.) into relief and cause to project ("Raised edges")
▸ verb: multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
▸ verb: establish radio communications with ("They managed to raise Hanoi last night")
▸ verb: activate or stir up ("Raise a mutiny")
▸ verb: cause to be heard or known; express or utter ("Raise a shout")
▸ verb: pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth ("Raise your `o'")
▸ verb: put forward for consideration or discussion ("Raise the question of promotions")
▸ verb: bet more than the previous player
▸ verb: in bridge: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
▸ verb: raise the level or amount of something ("Raise my salary")
▸ verb: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic ("Raise the specter of unemployment")
▸ verb: construct, build, or erect ("Raise a barn")
▸ verb: create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise ("Raise hell")
▸ verb: raise from a lower to a higher position ("Raise your hands")
▸ verb: cause to puff up with a leaven
▸ verb: bring up ("Raise a family")
▸ verb: put an end to ("Raise a siege")
▸ verb: raise in rank or condition
▸ verb: cause to become alive again ("Raise from the dead")
▸ verb: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques ("We raise hogs here")
▸ verb: move upwards
▸ verb: increase
▸ verb: cause to assemble or enlist in the military ("Raise an army")
▸ verb: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
▸ verb: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) ("Raise a smile")
▸ Also see raising
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to raise
▸ Usage examples for raise
▸ Idioms related to raise (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing raise
▸ Words that often appear near raise
▸ Rhymes of raise
▸ Invented words related to raise
▸ noun: increasing the size of a bet (as in poker) ("I'll see your raise and double it")
▸ noun: the amount a salary is increased ("He got a 3% raise")
▸ noun: the act of raising something ("Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up")
▸ noun: an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
▸ verb: collect funds for a specific purpose ("The President raised several million dollars for his college")
▸ verb: invigorate or heighten
▸ verb: bring (a surface, a design, etc.) into relief and cause to project ("Raised edges")
▸ verb: multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
▸ verb: establish radio communications with ("They managed to raise Hanoi last night")
▸ verb: activate or stir up ("Raise a mutiny")
▸ verb: cause to be heard or known; express or utter ("Raise a shout")
▸ verb: pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth ("Raise your `o'")
▸ verb: put forward for consideration or discussion ("Raise the question of promotions")
▸ verb: bet more than the previous player
▸ verb: in bridge: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
▸ verb: raise the level or amount of something ("Raise my salary")
▸ verb: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic ("Raise the specter of unemployment")
▸ verb: construct, build, or erect ("Raise a barn")
▸ verb: create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise ("Raise hell")
▸ verb: raise from a lower to a higher position ("Raise your hands")
▸ verb: cause to puff up with a leaven
▸ verb: bring up ("Raise a family")
▸ verb: put an end to ("Raise a siege")
▸ verb: raise in rank or condition
▸ verb: cause to become alive again ("Raise from the dead")
▸ verb: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques ("We raise hogs here")
▸ verb: move upwards
▸ verb: increase
▸ verb: cause to assemble or enlist in the military ("Raise an army")
▸ verb: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
▸ verb: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) ("Raise a smile")
▸ Also see raising
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to raise
▸ Usage examples for raise
▸ Idioms related to raise (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing raise
▸ Words that often appear near raise
▸ Rhymes of raise
▸ Invented words related to raise