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1. raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase(noun)

   the amount a salary is increased

   "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"

2. ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade(noun)

   an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

   "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

3. raise(noun)

   increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)

   "I'll see your raise and double it"

4. lift, raise, heave(verb)

   the act of raising something

   "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

5. raise(verb)

   raise the level or amount of something

   "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

6. raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up(verb)

   raise from a lower to a higher position

   "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

7. raise(verb)

   cause to be heard or known; express or utter

   "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"

8. raise(verb)

   collect funds for a specific purpose

   "The President raised several million dollars for his college"

9. grow, raise, farm, produce(verb)

   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. rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent(verb)

    bring up

    "raise a family"; "bring up children"

11. raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth(verb)

    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"

12. lift, raise(verb)

    move upwards

    "lift one's eyes"

13. raise, erect, rear, set up, put up(verb)

    construct, build, or erect

    "Raise a barn"

14. arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke(verb)

    call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

    "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

15. raise(verb)

    create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise

    "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain"

16. lift, raise, elevate(verb)

    raise in rank or condition

    "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

17. enhance, heighten, raise(verb)

    increase

    "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"

18. promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate(verb)

    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. raise, leaven, prove(verb)

    cause to puff up with a leaven

    "unleavened bread"

20. raise(verb)

    bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level

21. raise(verb)

    bet more than the previous player

22. recruit, levy, raise(verb)

    cause to assemble or enlist in the military

    "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"

23. raise, bring up(verb)

    put forward for consideration or discussion

    "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"

24. raise(verb)

    pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth

    "raise your `o'"

25. raise(verb)

    activate or stir up

    "raise a mutiny"

26. raise(verb)

    establish radio communications with

    "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"

27. raise(verb)

    multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3

28. raise(verb)

    bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project

    "raised edges"

29. raise, lift(verb)

    invigorate or heighten

    "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

30. lift, raise(verb)

    put an end to

    "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"

31. resurrect, raise, upraise(verb)

    cause to become alive again

    "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. raise(Noun)

   An increase in wages or salary; a rise .

   The boss gave me a raise.

2. raise(Noun)

   A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

3. raise(Noun)

   A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.

4. raise(Noun)

   A bet which increased the previous bet.

5. raise(Verb)

   To cause to rise.

   Raise your hand if want to say something.

6. raise(Verb)

   To collect.

   He raises a lot of money for charity.

7. raise(Verb)

   To bring up; to grow.

8. raise(Verb)

   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.

9. raise(Verb)

   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.

10. raise(Verb)

    To exponentiate, to involute.

    Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.

11. raise(Verb)

    To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

12. raise(Verb)

    To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead.

    The magic spell raised the dead!

Origin: From raisen, reisen, from reisa, from raisijanan, causative form of rīsanan, from rei-. Cognate with rasian, risan, ræran. More at rear.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Raise(verb)

   to cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight

2. Raise(verb)

   to bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like

3. Raise(verb)

   to increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace

4. Raise(verb)

   to elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room

5. Raise(verb)

   to cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff

6. Raise(verb)

   to cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse

7. Raise(verb)

   to rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite

8. Raise(verb)

   to bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to

9. Raise(verb)

   to cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like

10. Raise(verb)

    to form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones

11. Raise(verb)

    to bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like

12. Raise(verb)

    to cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle

13. Raise(verb)

    to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up

14. Raise(verb)

    to give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush

15. Raise(verb)

    to give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up

16. Raise(verb)

    to bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection

17. Raise(verb)

    to cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread

18. Raise(verb)

    to cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light

19. Raise(verb)

    to let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets

20. Raise(verb)

    to create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Raise

   Raise is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands on the main spine of the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells, between Thirlmere and Ullswater.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Raise

   rāz, v.t. to cause to rise: to lift up: to hoist: to set upright: to originate or produce: to bring together: to cause to grow or breed: to produce: to give rise to: to exalt: to increase the strength of: to excite: to collect: muster: (Scot.) to rouse, inflame: to recall from death: to cause to swell, as dough: to extol: to bring up: to remove, take off, as a blockade: to collect, as to raise a company: to give rise to, as to raise a laugh.—n. an ascent, a cairn: (coll.) an enlargement, increase.—adj. Rais′able, capable of being raised.—ns. Rais′er, one who, or that which, raises a building, &c.: (archit.) the upright board on the front of a step in a flight of steps; Rais′ing, the act of lifting: the embossing of sheet-metal by hammering or stamping: the process of deepening colours in dyeing: that with which bread is raised; Rais′ing-bee, a gathering of neighbours to help in raising the frame of a house, &c.; Rais′ing-board, a ribbed board by which to raise the grain of leather; Rais′ing-gig, a machine for raising a nap on cloth; Rais′ing-piece, a piece of timber laid on a brick wall, or on a frame, to carry a beam or beams; Rais′ing-plate, a horizontal timber supporting the heels of rafters.—Raise a siege, to relinquish a siege, or cause this to be done; Raise bread, to make it light, as by yeast or leaven; Raise Cain, the devil, hell, the mischief, &c., to create confusion or riot; Raised beach (geol.), a terrace of gravel, &c., marking the margin of an ancient sea; Raised embroidery, that in which the pattern is raised in relief from the ground; Raised work, in lace-making, work having the edge or some other part of the pattern raised in relief; Raise money on, to get money by pawning something; Raise one's dander (see Dander); Raise the market upon (coll.), to charge more than the regular price; Raise the wind, to obtain money by any shift. [M. E. reisen—Ice. reisa, causal of rísa, to rise. Cf. Rise.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'raise' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1734

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'raise' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1644

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'raise' in Verbs Frequency: #114

Anagrams for raise »

1. aesir, Aesir, Æsir, aires, Aries, arise, ERISA, reais

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of raise in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of raise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. President Barack Obama:

   America deserves a raise.

2. Donald Trump:

   I'm not proposing to raise taxes.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   We will raise taxes. Yes we will.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   We will raise taxes, yes we will.

5. Andreas Vendetti:

   Does it raise concerns? Yes it does.

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