Sekirov Dictionary

raise

/ɹeɪz/

verb 25
noun 6
forms 7
phrases 15

verb25

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to move something up so that it is higher than before
- to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
- the flag was raised
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To create, increase or develop.
- We need to raise the motivation level in the company.
- to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods; to raise (increase) taxes
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.
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To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- A few important questions were raised after the attack.
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To collect or amass.
- to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops
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To bring up; to grow.
- We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
- Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?
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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.
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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.
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To open, initiate.
- I will raise a trouble-ticket in order to correct this reporting issue.
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To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- A division by zero will raise an exception.
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To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
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To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
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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.
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To exponentiate, to involute.
- Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.
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To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.
To promote.
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To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
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.
To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
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(no longer used) 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. — 1593

noun6

A bet that increases the previous bet.
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(US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
- The boss gave me a raise.
A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
A cairn or pile of stones.

forms

rais'd · raised · raisedst · raising · raises · raiseth · raisest

Phrases with raise

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