raise

verb raises · raising · raised · raise

1. physical To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
2. physical To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect. to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
3. physical To cause something to come to the surface of water. The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
4. physical To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it. to raise Sandy Hook light
5. physical To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
6. figuratively, physical To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect. The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
7. physical 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.
8. physical, transitive To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
9. physical, transitive To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
10. transitive To create, increase or develop. We need to raise the motivation level in the company.
11. transitive To collect or amass. to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops
12. obsolete, transitive To call up the forces of, to raise the troops from. May it pleaſe your Grace that I ſhall raiſe the ſtreets, To Gard your Maieſtie through Smithfield as you walke.
13. transitive To bring up; to grow. We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
14. transitive To promote. to raise somebody to office
15. transitive To mention (a question, issue) for discussion. A few important questions were raised after the attack.
16. transitive 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.
17. transitive To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear. Starting in January we will raise (introduce) taxes on all tobacco substitutes and vaping accessories.
18. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio). Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.
19. intransitive 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.
20. To exponentiate, to involute. Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.
21. transitive To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
22. transitive To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
23. 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.
24. transitive To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event). A division by zero will raise an exception.
25. India, transitive To open, initiate. I will raise a trouble-ticket in order to correct this reporting issue.
26. misspelling Misspelling of raze.raze

Similar: lift, hike

noun raises

1. US, abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).pay raise The boss gave me a raise.
2. A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
3. A bet that increases the previous bet.
4. 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
5. A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

noun raises

1. A cairn or pile of stones.