RAISED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raised mean? 

• RAISED (adjective)
  The adjective RAISED has 3 senses:

1. located or moved above the surround or above the normal position

2. embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery

3. increased in amount or degree

  Familiarity information: RAISED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAISED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located or moved above the surround or above the normal position

Context example:

raised eyebrows

Similar:

elevated (raised above the ground)

up (open)

lifted; upraised (held up in the air)

Antonym:

lowered (below the surround or below the normal position)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery

Synonyms:

brocaded; embossed; raised

Context example:

raised metalwork

Similar:

adorned; decorated (provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Increased in amount or degree

Synonyms:

elevated; raised

Context example:

raised temperature

Similar:

increased (made greater in size or amount or degree)

 Context examples 

A wild look raised his brows—crossed his features: he rose; but he forebore yet.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Cantuzumab ravtansine is generated from MoAb C242, which is raised against a cell surface superantigen, CA242, found in a variety of human tumor cells.

(Cantuzumab Ravtansine, NCI Thesaurus)

The woman, without a word, had raised her veil and dropped the mantle from her chin.

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

He paused and raised his hat as he said solemnly:—"Then I fear we are too late. God's will be done!"

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Parts of the mole may be raised above the skin surface.

(Atypical mole, NCI Dictionary)

When he raised his face again, I was surprised to see that his cheek was tinged with colour, and his eyes as bright as before his illness.

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

That study, published earlier this month, found that Antarctic melting has raised global sea levels 1.4 centimeters between 1979 and 2017.

(Study: Greenland's Ice Melting Faster than Previously Thought, VOA)

They are red, raised and painful.

(Abscess, NIH)

All of us, without a word, shook hands with Professor Challenger, who raised his straw hat and bowed deeply to each in turn.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They can be flat or raised.

(Moles, NIH: National Cancer Institute)