raise

raise is a 5-letter English word with 51 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 51 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.
3. transitive verb. To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace.
4. transitive verb. To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.
5. transitive verb. To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff.
6. transitive verb. To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
7. transitive verb. To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.
8. transitive verb. To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to.
9. transitive verb. To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like.
10. transitive verb. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.
11. transitive verb. To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like.
12. transitive verb. To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.
13. transitive verb. To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
14. transitive verb. To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
15. transitive verb. To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
16. transitive verb. To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
17. transitive verb. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
18. transitive verb. To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
19. transitive verb. To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
20. transitive verb. To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.
21. noun. the act of raising something

    "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"

    "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

    Synonyms: heave, lift

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

    "I'll see your raise and double it"

23. noun. the amount a salary is increased

    "he got a 3% raise"

    "he got a wage hike"

    Synonyms: hike, rise

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

    "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

    Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, rise, upgrade

25. verb. cause to become alive again

    "raise from the dead"

    "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"

    Synonyms: resurrect, upraise

26. verb. raise the level or amount of something

    "raise my salary"

    "raise the price of bread"

27. verb. increase

    "This will enhance your enjoyment"

    "heighten the tension"

    Synonyms: enhance, heighten

28. verb. put an end to

    "lift a ban"

    "raise a siege"

    Synonyms: lift

29. verb. raise in rank or condition

    "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

    Synonyms: elevate, lift

30. verb. invigorate or heighten

    "lift my spirits"

    "lift his ego"

    Synonyms: lift

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

    "raised edges"

32. verb. multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
33. verb. establish radio communications with

    "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"

34. verb. activate or stir up

    "raise a mutiny"

35. verb. cause to be heard or known; express or utter

    "raise a shout"

    "raise a protest"

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

    "raise your `o'"

37. verb. put forward for consideration or discussion

    "raise the question of promotions"

    "bring up an unpleasant topic"

38. verb. cause to assemble or enlist in the military

    "raise an army"

    "recruit new soldiers"

    Synonyms: levy, recruit

39. verb. bet more than the previous player
40. verb. bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
41. verb. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

    "raise the specter of unemployment"

    "he conjured wild birds in the air"

    Synonyms: arouse, conjure, evoke, invoke, stir

42. verb. construct, build, or erect

    "Raise a barn"

    Synonyms: erect, rear

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

    "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"

    "They produce good ham in Parma"

    Synonyms: farm, grow, produce

44. verb. create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise

    "raise hell"

    "raise the roof"

45. verb. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

    "arouse pity"

    "raise a smile"

    Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke

46. verb. move upwards

    "lift one's eyes"

    Synonyms: lift

47. verb. raise from a lower to a higher position

    "Raise your hands"

    "Lift a load"

    Synonyms: elevate, lift

48. verb. cause to puff up with a leaven

    "unleavened bread"

    Synonyms: leaven, prove

49. verb. collect funds for a specific purpose

    "The President raised several million dollars for his college"

50. verb. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

    "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"

    "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"

    Synonyms: advance, elevate, promote, upgrade

51. verb. bring up

    "raise a family"

    "bring up children"

    Synonyms: nurture, parent, rear

Synonyms

heave, lift, hike, rise, acclivity, ascent, climb, upgrade, resurrect, upraise, enhance, heighten, elevate, levy, recruit, arouse, conjure, evoke, invoke, stir, erect, rear, farm, grow

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in raise:

aesir, aries, arise, reais, serai

Common word forms

raised, raiser, raises, raising, raiseable

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