Definition of raises Raises

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raises, verb, present, 3rd person singular of raise (infinitive).
raises, noun, plural of raise.

WordNet

Noun Plural: raises
raise - increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it"
		gamble a risky act or venture
		poker game, poker any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
raise - the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
		rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase
		increment, increase the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"
raise - an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
		ascent, acclivity, rise, climb, upgrade
		declivity, downslope, declension, declination, decline, descent, fall a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first declension in Latin"
		incline, slope, side an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
raise - the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
		lift, heave
		actuation, propulsion the act of propelling
Verb raises, raising, raised
raise - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
		lift, elevate, get up, bring up
		let down, take down, lower, bring down, get down reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
		displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
		gather up, lift up, pick up lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
		get up get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
		jack up, jack lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire"
		shoulder push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd"
		kick up cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust"
		hoist, wind, lift raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
		trice, trice up hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
		hoist, run up raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
		hoist raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
		pump question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information"
		levitate be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"
		underlay provide with a base, support, lining, or backing; "underlay the boards with joists"
		skid move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
		pinnacle raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled"
		chin, chin up raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
		leaven, prove, raise establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
		heighten make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
		hike, hike up, boost walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"
		gather up, lift up, pick up lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
		erect, rear stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"
raise - summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
		conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
		call forth, kick up, provoke, evoke cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust"
		create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
		bedamn, beshrew, damn, maledict, anathemise, anathemize, imprecate, curse utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
		bless give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
raise - construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
		erect, rear, set up, put up
		rase, raze, tear down, pull down, dismantle, take down, level reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
		construct, build, make draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"
		building, construction a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
raise - bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
		bid, call ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
		bridge any of various card games based on whist for four players
raise - raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"
		increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
		bump up increase or raise; "OPEC bumped up the price of oil"
raise - cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
		leaven, prove
		elevate, bring up, get up, lift, raise cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"
		prove, rise establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
raise - bet more than the previous player
		wager, bet, play maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"
		card game, cards a game played with playing cards
raise - collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college"
		collect, take in get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"
		fund-raise, fund raise, fundraise raise money for a cause or project; "We are fundraising for AIDS research"
raise - cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"
		give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize, express express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
		bring forward, call up bring forward for consideration; "The case was called up in court"
raise - establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"
		contact, get hold of, get through, reach finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"
		radiocommunication, radio, wireless a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
raise - multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
		multiply combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"
		arithmetic the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
raise - invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
		lift
		ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better make amendments to; "amend the document"
raise - pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'"
		enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
raise - activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny"
		instigate, incite, stir up, set off provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
raise - create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain"
		create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
raise - bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"
		set off, bring out set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start"
raise - put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
		bring up
		advert, mention, cite, refer, bring up, name commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"
raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
		arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, provoke
		create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
		touch a chord, strike a chord create an emotional response; "The music struck a chord with the listeners"
		ask for, invite ask someone in a friendly way to do something
		draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
		rekindle arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"
		infatuate arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"
		prick to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"
		fire up, ignite, heat, stir up, inflame, wake cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
		shake up, stimulate, excite, stir, shake cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
		excite produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
		anger make angry; "The news angered him"
		discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!"
		shame surpass or beat by a wide margin
		spite, wound, injure, bruise, offend, hurt cause injuries or bodily harm to
		sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome, overwhelm overcome by superior force
		interest excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
raise - bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
		rear, bring up, nurture, parent
		grow up become an adult
		fledge grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"
		cradle run with the stick
		foster help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents"
raise - 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"
		grow, farm, produce
		cultivate prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
		husbandry, farming, agriculture agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
		carry continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
		overproduce produce in excess; "The country overproduces cars"
		keep maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
raise - 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"
		promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, elevate
		demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
		delegate, depute, designate, assign give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
		tenure give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book"
		bring up cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"
		spot promote promote on the spot; "Supreme Bishop Digby had been spot-promoted to Archangel"
		ennoble, entitle, gentle give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
		favor, favour, prefer consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored"
		brevet promote somebody by brevet, in the military
raise - cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"
		recruit, levy
		muster in, draft, enlist draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
raise - move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
		lift
		displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
raise - raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
		lift, elevate
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		dignify raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer"
		exalt raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"
raise - cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
		resurrect, upraise
		resuscitate, revive cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man"
raise - increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
		enhance, heighten
		deepen, intensify, compound, heighten become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
		potentiate increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon); "potentiate the drug"
raise - put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
		lift
		end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

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Wiktionary

raise (Noun)
A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
raise (Noun)
A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
raise (Noun)
A bet which increased the previous bet.
raise (Verb)
To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
raise (Verb)
To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
raise (Verb)
To collect.
raise (Verb)
To bring up ; to grow.
raise (Verb)
To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.
raise (Verb)
To increase something.
raise (Verb)
To mention a question, issue for discussion.
raise (Verb)
To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
raise (Verb)
To create; to constitute a use, or a beneficial interest in property.
raise (Verb)
To exponentiate, to involute.
raise (Verb)
To extract a subject or other verb argument out of an inner clause.
raise (Verb)
To cause a dead person to live again, to cause to be undead.
raise (Verb)
To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
raise (Verb)
To cause the land or any other object to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

raise (v. t.)
To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
raise (v. t.)
To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.
raise (v. t.)
To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace.
raise (v. t.)
To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.
raise (v. t.)
To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff.
raise (v. t.)
To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
raise (v. t.)
To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.
raise (v. t.)
To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to.
raise (v. t.)
To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like.
raise (v. t.)
To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.
raise (v. t.)
To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like.
raise (v. t.)
To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.
raise (v. t.)
To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
raise (v. t.)
To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
raise (v. t.)
To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
raise (v. t.)
To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
raise (v. t.)
To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
raise (v. t.)
To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
raise (v. t.)
To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
raise (v. t.)
To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

raise
To cause to rise; to move something from a lower position to a higher one.
raise
To gather together; to encourage growth by collecting funds.
raise
An increase in pay or wages by being with a company or business for a certain period of time, or for specific good work.
raise
To be able to obtain, or to get something.
raise
To construct a wall, a building, etc.
raise
To make by combining materials and parts.
raise
To summon into action or bring into existence.
raise
To cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques.
raise
To move upwards (e.g. eyes).

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

raise
rāz, v.t. to cause to rise: to lift up: to hoist: to set upright: to originate or produce: to bring together: to cause to grow or breed: to produce: to give rise to: to exalt: to increase the strength of: to excite: to collect: muster: (Scot.) to rouse, inflame: to recall from death: to cause to swell, as dough: to extol: to bring up: to remove, take off, as a blockade: to collect, as to raise a company: to give rise to, as to raise a laugh.—n. an ascent, a cairn: (coll.) an enlargement, increase.—adj. Rais′able, capable of being raised.—ns. Rais′er, one who, or that which, raises a building, &c.: (archit.) the upright board on the front of a step in a flight of steps; Rais′ing, the act of lifting: the embossing of sheet-metal by hammering or stamping: the process of deepening colours in dyeing: that with which bread is raised; Rais′ing-bee, a gathering of neighbours to help in raising the frame of a house, &c.; Rais′ing-board, a ribbed board by which to raise the grain of leather; Rais′ing-gig, a machine for raising a nap on cloth; Rais′ing-piece, a piece of timber laid on a brick wall, or on a frame, to carry a beam or beams; Rais′ing-plate, a horizontal timber supporting the heels of rafters.—Raise a siege, to relinquish a siege, or cause this to be done; Raise bread, to make it light, as by yeast or leaven; Raise Cain, the devil, hell, the mischief, &c., to create confusion or riot; Raised beach (geol.), a terrace of gravel, &c., marking the margin of an ancient sea; Raised embroidery, that in which the pattern is raised in relief from the ground; Raised work, in lace-making, work having the edge or some other part of the pattern raised in relief; Raise money on, to get money by pawning something; Raise one's dander (see Dander); Raise the market upon (coll.), to charge more than the regular price; Raise the wind, to obtain money by any shift. [M. E. reisen—Ice. reisa, causal of rísa, to rise. Cf. Rise.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

raise
To make an object subtend a larger angle by approaching it, which is the foundation of perspective, and an effect increased by the sphericity of our globe: the opposite of laying (which see).

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

raise
Armies are raised in two ways: either by voluntary engagements, or by lot or conscription. The Greek and Roman levies were the result of a rigid system of conscription. The Visigoths practiced a general conscription; poverty, old age, and sickness, were the only reasons admitted for exemption. “Subsequently” (says Hallam), “the feudal military tenures had superseded that earlier system of public defense, which called upon every man, and especially upon every land-holder, to protect his country. The relations of a vassal came in place of those of a subject and a citizen. This was the revolution of the 9th century. In the 12th and 13th another innovation rather more gradually prevailed, and marks the third period in the military history of Europe. Mercenary troops were substituted for the feudal militia. These military adventurers played a more remarkable part in Italy than in France, though not a little troublesome to the latter country.” A necessary effect of the formation of mercenaries was the centralization of authority. Money became the sinews of war. The invention of fire-arms caused it to be acknowledged that skill was no less essential for warlike operations than strength and valor. Towards the end of the Middle Ages, the power of princes was calculated by the number and quality of paid troops they could support. France first set the example of keeping troops in peace. Charles VII., foreseeing the danger of invasion, authorized the assemblage of armed mercenaries called compagnies d’ordonnance. Louis XI. dismissed these troops but enrolled new ones, composed of French, Swiss, and Scotch. Under Charles VIII., Germans were admitted in the French army, and the highest and most illustrious nobles of France regarded it as an honor to serve in the gens d’armes. Moral qualifications not being exacted for admission to the ranks, the restraints of a barbarous discipline became necessary, and this discipline divided widely the soldier from the people. The French revolution overturned this system. “Now” (says Decker) “mercenary troops have completely disappeared from continental Europe. England only now raises armies by the system of recruiters. The last wars of Europe have been wars of the people, and have been fought by nationalities. After peace armies remain national, for their elements are taken from the people by legal liberations. The institution of conscription is evidently the most important of modern times. Among other advantages, it has bridged the otherwise impassable gulf between the citizen and soldier, who, children of the same family, are now united in defense of their country. Permanent armies have ceased to be the personal guard of kings, but their sympathies are always with the people, and their just title is that of skillful warriors maintained as a nucleus for the instruction of their countrymen in the highest school of art.”