1. (noun)raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase the amount a salary is increased
"he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
2. (noun)ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
"the car couldn't make it up the rise"
3. (noun)raise increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
"I'll see your raise and double it"
4. (noun)lift, raise, heave the act of raising something
"he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
5. (verb)raise raise the level or amount of something
"raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"
6. (verb)raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up raise from a lower to a higher position "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
7. (verb)raise cause to be heard or known; express or utter
"raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"
8. (verb)raise collectfunds for a specificpurpose "The President raised several million dollars for his college"
9. (verb)grow, raise, farm, produce cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
"The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"
10. (verb)rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent bring up
"raise a family"; "bring up children"
11. (verb)raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
15. (verb)raise create a disturbance, especially by making a greatnoise "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain"
16. (verb)lift, raise, elevate raise in rank or condition "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
17. (verb)enhance, heighten, raise increase "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
18. (verb)promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate give a promotion to or assign to a higher position "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
19. (verb)raise, leaven, prove cause to puff up with a leaven "unleavened bread"
20. (verb)raise bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
29. (verb)raise, lift invigorate or heighten
"lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
30. (verb)lift, raise put an end to
"lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
31. (verb)resurrect, raise, upraise cause to become alive again
"raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
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