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RAISE

Definition:

1. [noun] the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
   Synonyms: rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase
   
   
2. [noun] an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
   Synonyms: ascent, acclivity, rise, climb, upgrade
   
   
3. [noun] increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it"
   
   
4. [noun] the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
   Synonyms: lift, heave
   
   
5. [verb] raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"
   
   
6. [verb] raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
   Synonyms: lift, elevate, get up, bring up
   
   
7. [verb] cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"
   
   
8. [verb] collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college"
   
   
9. [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"
   Synonyms: grow, farm, produce
   
   
10. [verb] bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
    Synonyms: rear, bring up, nurture, parent
    
    
11. [verb] evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
    Synonyms: conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
    
    
12. [verb] move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
    Synonyms: lift
    
    
13. [verb] construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
    Synonyms: erect, rear, set up, put up
    
    
14. [verb] call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
    Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, provoke
    
    
15. [verb] create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain"
    
    
16. [verb] raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
    Synonyms: lift, elevate
    
    
17. [verb] increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
    Synonyms: enhance, heighten
    
    
18. [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"
    Synonyms: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, elevate
    
    
19. [verb] cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
    Synonyms: leaven, prove
    
    
20. [verb] in bridge: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
    
    
21. [verb] bet more than the previous player
    
    
22. [verb] cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"
    Synonyms: recruit, levy
    
    
23. [verb] put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
    Synonyms: bring up
    
    
24. [verb] pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'"
    
    
25. [verb] activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny"
    
    
26. [verb] establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"
    
    
27. [verb] multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
    
    
28. [verb] bring (a surface, a design, etc.) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"
    
    
29. [verb] invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
    Synonyms: lift
    
    
30. [verb] put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
    Synonyms: lift
    
    
31. [verb] cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
    Synonyms: resurrect, up
    
    

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Related Words:

• bump up
• get up
• jack, jack up
• shoulder
• kick up
• hoist, lift, wind
• trice, trice up
• hoist, run up
• hoist
• pump
• levitate
• underlay
• skid
• pinnacle
• chin, chin up
• raise, leaven, prove
• heighten
• hike, hike up, boost
• pick up, lift up, gather up
• rear, erect
• call up, bring forward
• fund-raise, fund raise, fundraise
• carry
• overproduce
• keep
• fledge
• cradle
• foster
• curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
• bless
• strike a chord, touch a chord
• invite, ask for
• draw
• rekindle
• infatuate
• prick
• inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up
• stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
• excite
• anger
• upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
• shame
• hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
• overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
• interest
• dignify
• exalt
• potentiate
• tenure
• bring up
• spot promote
• ennoble, gentle, entitle
• prefer, favor, favour
• brevet
• uphill
• doubling, double

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