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English to English noun
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the amount a salary is increased |  | Example: he got a 3% raise
he got a wage hike
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | | Example: the car couldn't make it up the rise
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increasing the size of a bet (as in poker) | | Example: I'll see your raise and double it
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the act of raising something | | Example: he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
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raise the level or amount of something | | Example: raise my salary
raise the price of bread
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raise from a lower to a higher position | | Example: Raise your hands
Lift a load
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cause to be heard or known; express or utter | | Example: raise a shout
raise a protest
raise a sad cry
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collect funds for a specific purpose | | Example: The President raised several million dollars for his college
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cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques | | Example: The Bordeaux region produces great red wines
They produce good ham in Parma
We grow wheat here
We raise hogs here
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bring up | | Example: raise a family
bring up children
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summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | | Example: raise the specter of unemployment
he conjured wild birds in the air
call down the spirits from the mountain
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move upwards | | Example: lift one's eyes
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construct, build, or erect | | Example: Raise a barn
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call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | | Example: arouse pity
raise a smile
evoke sympathy
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create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise | | Example: raise hell
raise the roof
raise Cain
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raise in rank or condition | | Example: The new law lifted many people from poverty
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increase | | Example: This will enhance your enjoyment
heighten the tension
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| 18 |
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | | Example: 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
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cause to puff up with a leaven | | Example: unleavened bread
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bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level | | source: wordnet30
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bet more than the previous player | | source: wordnet30
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cause to assemble or enlist in the military | | Example: raise an army
recruit new soldiers
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put forward for consideration or discussion | | Example: raise the question of promotions
bring up an unpleasant topic
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pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth | | Example: raise your `o'
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activate or stir up | | Example: raise a mutiny
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establish radio communications with | | Example: They managed to raise Hanoi last night
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multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 | | source: wordnet30
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bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project | | Example: raised edges
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invigorate or heighten | | Example: lift my spirits
lift his ego
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put an end to | | Example: lift a ban
raise a siege
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| 31 |
cause to become alive again | | Example: raise from the dead
Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected
Upraising ghosts
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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight. | | source: webster1913
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