raise
Forms
- present (v1)
- raise
- past (v2)
- raised
- past participle (v3)
- raised
- present participle
- raising
- 3rd person singular
- raises
- Plural
- raises
Definitions
1.To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
- The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
2.To create, increase or develop.
- We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
- We need to raise the motivation level in the company.
- Chew with your mouth shut, were you raised in a barn?
3.To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.
4.To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.
1.A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
2.A bet that increases the previous bet.
3.A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
4.Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
- The boss gave me a raise.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #512
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”).