Raise

/ɹeɪz/ · verb

Meaning

(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate..

Definitions by Sense

1. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
2. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
3. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
4. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
5. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
6. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
7. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
8. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.

Example Sentences

to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself

the flag was raised

With the completion of the preliminary work of raising bridges on the Mauldeth Road-Wilmslow line, to accommodate overhead electrical equipment, further work has been put in hand on bridges on the London Midland Region main line between Manchester and Crewe.

Because of the heavy traffic, the 1960-61 Christmas guide to trains between King's Cross and the north stated: "To make travel conditions as comfortable as possible, passengers are requested to raise arm rests to enable four people to be seated on each side of those compartments which are fitted with arm rests."

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

Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.

John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.

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• raises
• raising
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• raisest
• raisedst
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