raise
IPA: rˈeɪz
noun
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (US) Ellipsis of pay raise.: an increase in wages or salary.
verb
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- (military) 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.
- (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- To collect or amass.
- (obsolete) To call up the forces of, to raise the troops from.
- To bring up; to grow.
- To promote.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- 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.
- (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
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Examples of "raise" in Sentences
- A great time to ask for a raise is after your boss has praised you for something.
- Randy Leonard's acceptance of the raise is a deliberate middle finger to his critics.
- This will doubtless again raise questions about Franco's sexuality -- he played Harvey Milk's lover in "Milk" and will play poet Allen Ginsberg in the upcoming "Howl."
- To "raise" is Annandale for "achieve the finance of" (by effort muster the price of, - I have also heard them call it "string," "strung," evidently the German/strugend/).
- A few hands later, I got KT suited on the button and I called a raise from the shorty I had targeted who had opened from middle position, and the small blind also called directly behind me.
- One question that many, many women raise is why so many healthcare plans stint on things like birth control and preventative care, while paying for erectile dysfunction drugs and expensive heart procedures for older white males?
- For, first, she desires if she can -- and she has often been able -- actually to raise these, first to sanctity and then to her own altars; it is for her and her only to _raise the poor from the dunghill and to set them with the princes_.
- Avoiding a default would almost certainly involve swallowing a proposed short term raise of the debt ceiling, coupled with spending cuts, followed by a more comprehensive budget and tax reform package to set the nation's fiscal house in order.
- Ron Lieber at the New York Times has pared away the extraneous bits and created a "primer for young people starting their first job," including helpful advice like why it's important to get health insurance, how to fill out your W-4, and why it's good to take advantage of the built-in "raise" that comes from a company-matching 401 (k).
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