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raise

raise

(rāz) verb

raised,

raising, raises

verb

, transitive

1.

To move to a higher position; elevate: raised the loads with a crane. See synonyms at lift.

2.

To set in an upright or erect position: raise a flagpole.

3.

To erect or build: raise a new building.

4.

To cause to arise, appear, or exist: The slap raised a welt.

5.

To increase in size, quantity, or worth: raise an employee’s salary.

6.

To increase in intensity, degree, strength, or pitch: raised his voice.

7.

To improve in rank or dignity; promote: raised her to management level.

8.

a. To grow, especially in quantity; cultivate: raise corn and soybeans. b. To breed and care for to maturity: raise cattle. c. To bring up; rear: raise children.

To grow, especially in quantity; cultivate:To breed and care for to maturity:To bring up; rear:

9. To put forward for consideration: raised an important question. See synonyms at broach1.

10. To voice; utter: raise a shout.

11. a. To awaken; arouse: noise that would raise the dead. b. To stir up; instigate: raise a revolt. c. To bring about; provoke: remarks intended to raise a laugh.

12. To make contact with by radio: couldn’t raise the control tower after midnight.

13. To gather together; collect: raise money from the neighbors for a charity.

14. To cause (dough) to puff up.

15. To end (a siege) by withdrawing troops or forcing the enemy troops to withdraw.

16. To remove or withdraw (an order).

17. Games. a. To increase (a poker bet). b. To bet more than (a preceding bettor in poker). c. To increase the bid of (one’s bridge partner).

18. Nautical. To bring into sight by approaching nearer: raised the Cape.

19. To alter and increase fraudulently the written value of (a check, for example).

20. To cough up (phlegm).

21. Scots. To make angry; enrage.

verb

, intransitive

Games.

To increase a poker bet or a bridge bid.

noun

1.

The act of raising or increasing.

2.

An increase in salary.

idiom.

raise Cain or raise the devil, raise hell

1.

To behave in a rowdy or disruptive fashion.

2.

To reprimand someone angrily.

raise eyebrows

To cause surprise or mild disapproval.

raise the stakes

To increase one’s commitment or involvement.

[Middle English raisen, from Old Norse reisa.]

rais

ʹer noun