Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4transitive verb
To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.
- 5transitive 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.
- 6transitive verb
To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
- 7transitive verb
To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.
- 8transitive 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.
- 9transitive 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.
- 10transitive 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.
- 11transitive 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.
- 12transitive verb
To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.
- 13transitive verb
To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
- 14transitive verb
To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
- 15transitive verb
To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
- 16transitive verb
To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
- 17transitive verb
To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
- 18transitive verb
To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
- 19transitive verb
To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
- 20transitive verb
To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.
- 21noun
the act of raising something
"he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"
"fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
- 22noun
increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
"I'll see your raise and double it"
- 23noun
the amount a salary is increased
"he got a 3% raise"
"he got a wage hike"
- 24noun
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
"the car couldn't make it up the rise"
- 25verb
cause to become alive again
"raise from the dead"
"Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"
- 26verb
raise the level or amount of something
"raise my salary"
"raise the price of bread"
- 27verb
increase
"This will enhance your enjoyment"
"heighten the tension"
- 28verb
put an end to
"lift a ban"
"raise a siege"
Synonyms
- 29verb
raise in rank or condition
"The new law lifted many people from poverty"
- 30verb
invigorate or heighten
"lift my spirits"
"lift his ego"
Synonyms
- 31verb
bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
"raised edges"
- 32verb
multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- 33verb
establish radio communications with
"They managed to raise Hanoi last night"
- 34verb
activate or stir up
"raise a mutiny"
- 35verb
cause to be heard or known; express or utter
"raise a shout"
"raise a protest"
- 36verb
pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
"raise your `o'"
- 37verb
put forward for consideration or discussion
"raise the question of promotions"
"bring up an unpleasant topic"
- 38verb
cause to assemble or enlist in the military
"raise an army"
"recruit new soldiers"
- 39verb
bet more than the previous player
- 40verb
bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- 41verb
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
"raise the specter of unemployment"
"he conjured wild birds in the air"
- 42verb
construct, build, or erect
"Raise a barn"
- 43verb
cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
"The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"
"They produce good ham in Parma"
- 44verb
create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
"raise hell"
"raise the roof"
- 45verb
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
"arouse pity"
"raise a smile"
- 46verb
move upwards
"lift one's eyes"
Synonyms
- 47verb
raise from a lower to a higher position
"Raise your hands"
"Lift a load"
- 48verb
cause to puff up with a leaven
"unleavened bread"
- 49verb
collect funds for a specific purpose
"The President raised several million dollars for his college"
- 50verb
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"
- 51verb
bring up
"raise a family"
"bring up children"
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