raise

noun

  1. 1

    the act of raising something

    he responded with a lift of his eyebrow

    fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up

  2. 2

    increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)

    I'll see your raise and double it

  3. 3

    the amount a salary is increased

    he got a 3% raise

    he got a wage hike

  4. 4

    an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

    the car couldn't make it up the rise

verb

  1. 1

    cause to become alive again

    raise from the dead

    Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected

  2. 2

    raise the level or amount of something

    raise my salary

    raise the price of bread

  3. 3

    increase

    This will enhance your enjoyment

    heighten the tension

  4. 4

    put an end to

    lift a ban

    raise a siege

  5. 5

    raise in rank or condition

    The new law lifted many people from poverty

  6. 6

    invigorate or heighten

    lift my spirits

    lift his ego

  7. 7

    bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project

    raised edges

  8. 8

    multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3

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