raise

1. 1

   To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.physical

   • to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
   • the flag was raised
2. 2

   To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.physical

   • to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
3. 3

   To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To cause something to come to the surface of water.physical

   • The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
4. 4

   To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.physical

   • to raise Sandy Hook light
5. 5

   To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.physical

6. 6

   To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.figurativelyphysical

   • The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
7. 7

   To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.physical

8. 8

   To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.physicaltransitive

9. 9

   To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.; To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.physicaltransitive

10. 10

    To create, increase or develop.transitive

    • We need to raise the motivation level in the company.
    • to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods; to raise (increase) taxes

syn. lift · hike

1. 1

   Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).USabbreviationalt-of

   • The boss gave me a raise.
2. 2

   A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.

3. 3

   A bet that increases the previous bet.

4. 4

   A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.

   • 1944 United States. Bureau of Mines • War Minerals Report 386. Google books It was necessary to spile through the vug, as it was filled with mud. A raise was driven 55 feet to the surface in this vug for ventilation, and it was completed ju
5. 5

   A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

1. 1

   A cairn or pile of stones.