raise

Meanings

• the amount a salary is increased
  • "he got a 3% raise"
• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
• increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
  • "I'll see your raise and double it"
• the act of raising something
  • "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
• raise the level or amount of something
  • "raise my salary"
  • "raise the price of bread"
• raise from a lower to a higher position
  • "Raise your hands"
• cause to be heard or known; express or utter
  • "raise a shout"
  • "raise a protest"
  • "raise a sad cry"
• collect funds for a specific purpose
  • "The President raised several million dollars for his college"
• cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
  • "We raise hogs here"
• bring up
  • "raise a family"
• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  • "raise the specter of unemployment"
• move upwards
• construct, build, or erect
  • "Raise a barn"
• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • "raise a smile"
• create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
  • "raise hell"
  • "raise the roof"
  • "raise Cain"
• raise in rank or condition
• increase
• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
• cause to puff up with a leaven
• bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
• bet more than the previous player
• cause to assemble or enlist in the military
  • "raise an army"
• put forward for consideration or discussion
  • "raise the question of promotions"
• pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
  • "raise your `o'"
• activate or stir up
  • "raise a mutiny"
• establish radio communications with
  • "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"
• multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
• bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
  • "raised edges"
• invigorate or heighten
• put an end to
  • "raise a siege"
• cause to become alive again
  • "raise from the dead"

Synonyms

acclivity, advance, arouse, ascent, bring up, call down, call forth, climb, conjure, conjure up, elevate, elicit, enhance, enkindle, erect, evoke, farm, fire, get up, grow, heave, heighten, hike, invoke, kick upstairs, kindle, leaven, levy, lift, nurture, parent, produce, promote, prove, provoke, put forward, put up, rear, recruit, resurrect, rise, salary increase, set up, stir, upgrade, upraise, wage hike, wage increase