RAISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raise mean? 

• RAISE (noun)
  The noun RAISE has 4 senses:

1. the amount a salary is increased

2. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

3. increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)

4. the act of raising something

  Familiarity information: RAISE used as a noun is uncommon.

• RAISE (verb)
  The verb RAISE has 27 senses:

1. raise the level or amount of something

2. raise from a lower to a higher position

3. cause to be heard or known; express or utter

4. collect funds for a specific purpose

5. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

6. look after a child until it is an adult

7. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

8. move upwards

9. construct, build, or erect

10. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

11. create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise

12. raise in rank or condition

13. increase

14. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

15. cause to puff up with a leaven

16. bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level

17. bet more than the previous player

18. cause to assemble or enlist in the military

19. put forward for consideration or discussion

20. pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth

21. activate or stir up

22. establish radio communications with

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

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

25. invigorate or heighten

26. put an end to

27. cause to become alive again

  Familiarity information: RAISE used as a verb is very familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The amount a salary is increased

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

hike; raise; rise; salary increase; wage hike; wage increase

Context example:

he got a wage hike

Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):

increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)

Derivation:

raise (raise the level or amount of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An upward slope or grade (as in a road)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

acclivity; ascent; climb; raise; rise; upgrade

Context example:

the car couldn't make it up the rise

Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):

incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raise"):

uphill (the upward slope of a hill)

Derivation:

raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

I'll see your raise and double it

Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):

gamble (a risky act or venture)

Domain category:

poker; poker game (any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raise"):

double; doubling (raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2)

Derivation:

raise (bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of raising something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

heave; lift; raise

Context example:

fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up

Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):

actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)

Derivation:

raise (move upwards)

raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)

• RAISE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Raise the level or amount of something

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

raise the price of bread

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

bump up (increase or raise)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

raise (the amount a salary is increased)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Raise from a lower to a higher position

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise

Context example:

Lift a load

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Cause:

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

underlay (raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type)

skid (elevate onto skids)

pinnacle (raise on or as if on a pinnacle)

chin; chin up (raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar)

leaven; prove; raise (cause to puff up with a leaven)

heighten (increase the height of)

boost; hike; hike up (increase)

gather up; lift up; pick up (take and lift upward)

erect; rear (cause to rise up)

jack; jack up (lift with a special device)

pump (raise (gases or fluids) with a pump)

hoist (move from one place to another by lifting)

hoist; run up (raise)

trice; trice up (raise with a line)

hoist; lift; wind (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help)

kick up (cause to rise by kicking)

shoulder (lift onto one's shoulders)

get up (cause to rise)

levitate (cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The men raise the chairs

Antonym:

lower (move something or somebody to a lower position)

Derivation:

raise (the act of raising something)

raise (an upward slope or grade (as in a road))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to be heard or known; express or utter

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

raise a sad cry

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

bring forward; call up (bring forward for consideration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Collect funds for a specific purpose

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

The President raised several million dollars for his college

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

collect; take in (call for and obtain payment of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

fund-raise; fund raise; fundraise (raise money for a cause or project)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They raise the money

Sense 5

Meaning:

Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

farm; grow; produce; raise

Context example:

We raise hogs here

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

cultivate (foster the growth of)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

overproduce (produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted)

keep (raise)

carry (bear (a crop))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They raise the animals

Derivation:

raiser (someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Look after a child until it is an adult

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

bring up; nurture; parent; raise; rear

Context example:

bring up children

Cause:

grow up (become an adult)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

fledge (feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight)

cradle (bring up from infancy)

foster (bring up under fosterage; of children)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

raising (the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir

Context example:

call down the spirits from the mountain

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

call up; summon (cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively)

Verb group:

call forth; evoke; kick up; provoke (evoke or provoke to appear or occur)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; curse; damn; imprecate; maledict (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)

bless (give a benediction to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Move upwards

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

lift; raise

Context example:

lift one's eyes

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Cause:

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

raise (the act of raising something)

raising (the event of something being raised upward)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Construct, build, or erect

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

erect; put up; raise; rear; set up

Context example:

Raise a barn

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)

Domain category:

building; construction (the act of constructing something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

level (tear down so as to make flat with the ground)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise

Context example:

evoke sympathy

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

fire up; heat; ignite; inflame; stir up; wake (arouse or excite feelings and passions)

interest (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of)

overcome; overpower; overtake; overwhelm; sweep over; whelm (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)

bruise; hurt; injure; offend; spite; wound (hurt the feelings of)

shame (cause to be ashamed)

discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)

anger (make angry)

excite (arouse or elicit a feeling)

excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)

prick (to cause a sharp emotional pain)

infatuate (arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way)

rekindle (arouse again)

draw (elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.)

ask for; invite (increase the likelihood of)

strike a chord; touch a chord (evoke a reaction, response, or emotion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

raise Cain

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 12

Meaning:

Raise in rank or condition

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

elevate; lift; raise

Context example:

The new law lifted many people from poverty

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

dignify (raise the status of)

exalt (raise in rank, character, or status)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 13

Meaning:

Increase

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

enhance; heighten; raise

Context example:

heighten the tension

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

compound; deepen; heighten; intensify (make more intense, stronger, or more marked)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

potentiate (increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 14

Meaning:

Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade

Context example:

I got promoted after many years of hard work

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

tenure (give life-time employment to)

bring up (promote from a lower position or rank)

spot promote (promote on the spot)

ennoble; entitle; gentle (give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility)

favor; favour; prefer (promote over another)

brevet (promote somebody by brevet, in the military)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 15

Meaning:

Cause to puff up with a leaven

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

leaven; prove; raise

Context example:

unleavened bread

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)

Cause:

prove; rise (increase in volume)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They raise more bread

Sense 16

Meaning:

Bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

bid; call (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands)

Domain category:

bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

raise (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker))

raiser (a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid)

Sense 17

Meaning:

Bet more than the previous player

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

bet; play; wager (stake on the outcome of an issue)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 18

Meaning:

Cause to assemble or enlist in the military

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

levy; raise; recruit

Context example:

recruit new soldiers

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

draft; enlist; muster in (engage somebody to enter the army)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 19

Meaning:

Put forward for consideration or discussion

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bring up; raise

Context example:

bring up an unpleasant topic

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 20

Meaning:

Pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

raise your 'o'

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 21

Meaning:

Activate or stir up

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

raise a mutiny

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

incite; instigate; set off; stir up (provoke or stir up)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 22

Meaning:

Establish radio communications with

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

They managed to raise Hanoi last night

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

contact; get hold of; get through; reach (be in or establish communication with)

Domain category:

radio; radiocommunication; wireless (medium for communication)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 23

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

multiply (combine by multiplication)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 24

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

raised edges

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

bring out; set off (direct attention to, as if by means of contrast)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 25

Meaning:

Invigorate or heighten

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

lift; raise

Context example:

lift his ego

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 26

Meaning:

Put an end to

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

lift; raise

Context example:

raise a siege

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 27

Meaning:

Cause to become alive again

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

raise; resurrect; upraise

Context example:

Upraising ghosts

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

resuscitate; revive (cause to regain consciousness)

Verb group:

resurrect; rise; uprise (return from the dead)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

 Context examples 

The new work raises the possibility that thick ice-rich deposits also exist on the Moon.

(The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits, NASA)

Holmes glanced at it, raised his eyebrows, and handed it over to me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She again raised her eyes to me, and this time there was something of consciousness in their expression.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

These sharp swings raised concerns about the impact to brain function.

(Chronic high blood sugar may be detrimental to the developing brain of young children, NIH)

The floor was a little raised, so that it was kept perfectly dry, and by its vicinity to the chimney of the cottage it was tolerably warm.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

But for two of them, and one a woman, it must have been heavy work the raising of that stone.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I'll have a leaderette on him to-morrow that will raise a blister.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With a book he was regardless of time; and on the present occasion he had a good deal of curiosity as to the event of an evening which had raised such splendid expectations.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Its action involves lowering the scapula and raising the ribs.

(Pectoralis Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

I took him by the hand and raised him up.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)