raise

(noun) the amount a salary is increased. Synonyms: rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase. Examples: "He got a 3% raise." "He got a wage hike."

(noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road). Synonyms: ascent, acclivity, rise, climb, upgrade. Example: "The car couldn't make it up the rise."

(noun) increasing the size of a bet (as in poker). Example: "I'll see your raise and double it."

(noun) the act of raising something. Synonyms: lift, heave. Examples: "He responded with a lift of his eyebrow." "Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up."

(verb) raise the level or amount of something. Examples: "Raise my salary." "Raise the price of bread."

(verb) raise from a lower to a higher position. Synonyms: lift, elevate, get up, bring up. Examples: "Raise your hands." "Lift a load."

(verb) cause to be heard or known; express or utter. Examples: "Raise a shout." "Raise a protest." "Raise a sad cry."

(verb) collect funds for a specific purpose. Example: "The president raised several million dollars for his college."

(verb) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques. Synonyms: grow, farm, produce. Examples: "The bordeaux region produces great red wines." "They produce good ham in parma." "We grow wheat here." "We raise hogs here."

(verb) bring up. Synonyms: rear, bring up, nurture, parent. Examples: "Raise a family." "Bring up children."

(verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. Synonyms: conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth. Examples: "Raise the specter of unemployment." "He conjured wild birds in the air." "Call down the spirits from the mountain."

(verb) move upwards. Synonyms: lift. Example: "Lift one's eyes."

(verb) construct, build, or erect. Synonyms: erect, rear, set up, put up. Example: "Raise a barn."

(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, provoke. Examples: "Arouse pity." "Raise a smile." "Evoke sympathy."

(verb) create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise. Examples: "Raise hell." "Raise the roof." "Raise cain."

(verb) raise in rank or condition. Synonyms: lift, elevate. Example: "The new law lifted many people from poverty."

(verb) increase. Synonyms: enhance, heighten. Examples: "This will enhance your enjoyment." "Heighten the tension."

(verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. Synonyms: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, elevate. Examples: "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."

(verb) cause to puff up with a leaven. Synonyms: leaven, prove. Example: "Unleavened bread."

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

(verb) bet more than the previous player.

(verb) cause to assemble or enlist in the military. Synonyms: recruit, levy. Examples: "Raise an army." "Recruit new soldiers."

(verb) put forward for consideration or discussion. Synonyms: bring up. Examples: "Raise the question of promotions." "Bring up an unpleasant topic."

(verb) pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth. Example: "Raise your `o'."

(verb) activate or stir up. Example: "Raise a mutiny."

(verb) establish radio communications with. Example: "They managed to raise hanoi last night."

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

(verb) bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project. Example: "Raised edges."

(verb) invigorate or heighten. Synonyms: lift. Examples: "Lift my spirits." "Lift his ego."

(verb) put an end to. Synonyms: lift. Examples: "Lift a ban." "Raise a siege."

(verb) cause to become alive again. Synonyms: resurrect, upraise. Examples: "Raise from the dead." "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected." "Upraising ghosts."