| means | (noun) the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
raise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase, hike, rise |
| means | (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
rise, climb, acclivity, upgrade, raise, ascent |
| means | (noun) increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it"
raise |
| means | (noun) the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
heave, lift, raise |
| means | (verb) raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"
raise |
| means | (verb) raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
bring up, elevate, lift, raise, get up |
| means | (verb) cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"
raise |
| means | (verb) collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college"
raise |
| means | (verb) 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, raise, farm, produce |
| means | (verb) bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
parent, bring up, nurture, rear, raise |
| means | (verb) 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"
put forward, call down, stir, arouse, conjure up, evoke, invoke, call forth, raise, bring up, conjure |
| means | (verb) move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
lift, raise |
| means | (verb) construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
raise, set up, rear, put up, erect |
| means | (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
kindle, elicit, arouse, evoke, raise, provoke, enkindle, fire |
| means | (verb) create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain"
raise |
| means | (verb) raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
lift, raise, elevate |
| means | (verb) increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
heighten, enhance, raise |
| means | (verb) 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"
advance, promote, raise, elevate, kick upstairs, upgrade |
| means | (verb) cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
raise, prove, leaven |
| means | (verb) bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
raise |
| means | (verb) bet more than the previous player
raise |
| means | (verb) cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"
recruit, levy, raise |
| means | (verb) put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
bring up, raise |
| means | (verb) pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'"
raise |
| means | (verb) activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny"
raise |
| means | (verb) establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"
raise |
| means | (verb) multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
raise |
| means | (verb) bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"
raise |
| means | (verb) invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
raise, lift |
| means | (verb) put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
lift, raise |
| means | (verb) cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
resurrect, upraise, raise |