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Raise

//ɹeɪz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”). US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"The boss gave me a raise."
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A cairn or pile of stones.
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the act of raising something wordnet
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A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
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increasing the size of a bet (as in poker) wordnet

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A bet that increases the previous bet.
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the amount a salary is increased wordnet
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A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
"1944 United States. Bureau of Mines • War Minerals Report 386. Google books It was necessary to spile through the vug, as it was filled with mud. A raise was driven 55 feet to the surface in this vug for ventilation, and it was completed just as the demand for optical calcite ceased. The underground drifts were left well timbered, and mining of this deposit could be started with very little preliminary work."
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road) wordnet
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A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

Verb

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To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. physical
"to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself"
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cause to become alive again wordnet
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To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect. physical
"to raise a wall, or a heap of stones"
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raise the level or amount of something wordnet
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To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To cause something to come to the surface of water. physical
"The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk."

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increase the level of wordnet
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To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it. physical
"to raise Sandy Hook light"
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put an end to a situation wordnet
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To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven. physical
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raise in rank or condition wordnet
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To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect. figuratively, physical
"The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!"
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invigorate or heighten wordnet
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To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them. physical
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bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project wordnet
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To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done. physical, transitive
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multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 wordnet
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To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning. physical, transitive
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establish radio communications with wordnet
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To create, increase or develop. transitive
"We need to raise the motivation level in the company."
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activate or stir up wordnet
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To create, increase or develop.; To collect or amass. transitive
"to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops"
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cause to be heard or known; express or utter wordnet
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To create, increase or develop.; To call up the forces of, to raise the troops from. obsolete, transitive
"May it pleaſe your Grace that I ſhall raiſe the ſtreets, To Gard your Maieſtie through Smithfield as you walke."
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pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth wordnet
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To create, increase or develop.; To bring up; to grow. transitive
"We visited a farm where they raise chickens."
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put forward for consideration or discussion wordnet
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To create, increase or develop.; To promote. transitive
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cause to assemble or enlist in military wordnet
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To create, increase or develop.; To mention (a question, issue) for discussion. transitive
"A few important questions were raised after the attack."
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bet more than the previous player wordnet
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To create, increase or develop.; To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property). transitive
"There should be some consideration (i.e., payment or exchange) to raise a use."
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bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level wordnet
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To create, increase or develop.; To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear. transitive
"Starting in January we will raise (introduce) taxes on all tobacco substitutes and vaping accessories."
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summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic wordnet
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To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
"Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police."
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construct, build, or erect wordnet
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To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand. intransitive
"John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money."
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cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques wordnet
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To exponentiate, to involute.
"Two raised to the fifth power equals 32."
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create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise wordnet
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To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause. transitive
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call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) wordnet
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To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth. transitive
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move upwards wordnet
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To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
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raise from a lower to a higher position wordnet
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To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event). transitive
"A division by zero will raise an exception."
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cause to puff up with a leaven wordnet
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To open, initiate. India, transitive
"I will raise a trouble-ticket in order to correct this reporting issue."
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collect funds for a specific purpose wordnet
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Misspelling of raze. alt-of, misspelling
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give a promotion to or assign to a higher position wordnet
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register formally as a participant or member wordnet
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look after a child until it is an adult wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”). Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Norse hreysi; the spelling came about under the influence of the folk etymology that derived it from the verb.

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