raise
noun
1. the amount a salary is increased
- he got a 3% raise
Definition categories: attribute, increase, increment
2. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Similar word(s): acclivity, ascent, climb, rise, upgrade
Definition categories: object, incline, side, slope
3. increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- I'll see your raise and double it
Definition categories: act, gamble
4. the act of raising something
- fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
Definition categories: act, actuation, propulsion
Sentences with raise as a noun:
- The boss gave me a raise.
verb
1. raise the level or amount of something
- raise my salary
- raise the price of bread
Definition categories: change, increase
2. raise from a lower to a higher position
- Raise your hands
Similar word(s): elevate, lift
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
3. cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- raise a shout
- raise a protest
- raise a sad cry
Definition categories: communication, express, utter, verbalise, verbalize
4. collect funds for a specific purpose
- The President raised several million dollars for his college
Definition categories: possession, collect
5. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- We raise hogs here
Similar word(s): farm, grow, produce
Definition categories: creation, cultivate
6. look after a child until it is an adult
- raise a family
Similar word(s): nurture, parent, rear
Definition categories: social
7. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- raise the specter of unemployment
Similar word(s): arouse, conjure, evoke, invoke, stir
Definition categories: creation, summon
8. move upwards
Similar word(s): lift
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
9. construct, build, or erect
- Raise a barn
Definition categories: creation, build, construct, make
10. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- raise a smile
Similar word(s): arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke
Definition categories: emotion, create, make
11. create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- raise hell
- raise the roof
- raise Cain
Definition categories: creation, create, make
12. raise in rank or condition
Similar word(s): elevate, lift
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
13. increase
Similar word(s): enhance, heighten
Definition categories: change, compound, deepen, heighten, intensify
14. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Similar word(s): advance, elevate, promote, upgrade
Definition categories: social, assign, delegate, depute, designate
15. cause to puff up with a leaven
Similar word(s): leaven, prove
Definition categories: motion, elevate, lift, raise
16. bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
Definition categories: competition, bid, call
17. bet more than the previous player
Definition categories: competition, bet, play, wager
18. cause to assemble or enlist in the military
- raise an army
Similar word(s): levy, recruit
Definition categories: competition, draft, enlist
19. put forward for consideration or discussion
- raise the question of promotions
Definition categories: communication, advert, cite, mention, name, refer
20. pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- raise your `o'
Definition categories: communication, articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say
21. activate or stir up
- raise a mutiny
Definition categories: communication, incite, instigate
22. establish radio communications with
- They managed to raise Hanoi last night
Definition categories: communication, contact, reach
23. multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
Definition categories: cognition, multiply
24. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- raised edges
Definition categories: change
25. invigorate or heighten
Similar word(s): lift
Definition categories: change, ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
26. put an end to
- raise a siege
Similar word(s): lift
Definition categories: change, end, terminate
27. cause to become alive again
- raise from the dead
Similar word(s): resurrect, upraise
Definition categories: body, resuscitate, revive
Sentences with raise as a verb:
- to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
- 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!
- 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 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.
- John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.
- Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.