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RAISE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of raising something

Example:

fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up

Synonyms:

heave; lift; raise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):

actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)

Derivation:

raise (move upwards)

raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)

Example:

I'll see your raise and double it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):

gamble (a risky act or venture)

Domain category:

poker; poker game (any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raise"):

double; doubling (raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2)

Derivation:

raise (bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The amount a salary is increased

Example:

he got a wage hike

Synonyms:

hike; raise; rise; salary increase; wage hike; wage increase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):

increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)

Derivation:

raise (raise the level or amount of something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An upward slope or grade (as in a road)

Example:

the car couldn't make it up the rise

Synonyms:

acclivity; ascent; climb; raise; rise; upgrade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):

incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raise"):

uphill (the upward slope of a hill)

Derivation:

raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to become alive again

Example:

Upraising ghosts

Synonyms:

raise; resurrect; upraise

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

resuscitate; revive (cause to regain consciousness)

Verb group:

resurrect; rise; uprise (return from the dead)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Raise the level or amount of something

Example:

raise the price of bread

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

bump up (increase or raise)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

raise (the amount a salary is increased)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Increase

Example:

heighten the tension

Synonyms:

enhance; heighten; raise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

compound; deepen; heighten; intensify (make more intense, stronger, or more marked)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

potentiate (increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Put an end to

Example:

raise a siege

Synonyms:

lift; raise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Raise in rank or condition

Example:

The new law lifted many people from poverty

Synonyms:

elevate; lift; raise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

dignify (raise the status of)

exalt (raise in rank, character, or status)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 6

Meaning:

Invigorate or heighten

Example:

lift his ego

Synonyms:

lift; raise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project

Example:

raised edges

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

bring out; set off (direct attention to, as if by means of contrast)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

multiply (combine by multiplication)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 9

Meaning:

Establish radio communications with

Example:

They managed to raise Hanoi last night

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

contact; get hold of; get through; reach (be in or establish communication with)

Domain category:

radio; radiocommunication; wireless (medium for communication)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 10

Meaning:

Activate or stir up

Example:

raise a mutiny

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

incite; instigate; set off; stir up (provoke or stir up)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Cause to be heard or known; express or utter

Example:

raise a sad cry

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

bring forward; call up (bring forward for consideration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 12

Meaning:

Pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth

Example:

raise your 'o'

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 13

Meaning:

Put forward for consideration or discussion

Example:

bring up an unpleasant topic

Synonyms:

bring up; raise

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 14

Meaning:

Cause to assemble or enlist in the military

Example:

recruit new soldiers

Synonyms:

levy; raise; recruit

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

draft; enlist; muster in (engage somebody to enter the army)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 15

Meaning:

Bet more than the previous player

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

bet; play; wager (stake on the outcome of an issue)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 16

Meaning:

Bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

bid; call (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands)

Domain category:

bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

raise (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker))

raiser (a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid)

Sense 17

Meaning:

Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

Example:

call down the spirits from the mountain

Synonyms:

arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

call up; summon (cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively)

Verb group:

call forth; evoke; kick up; provoke (evoke or provoke to appear or occur)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; curse; damn; imprecate; maledict (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)

bless (give a benediction to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 18

Meaning:

Construct, build, or erect

Example:

Raise a barn

Synonyms:

erect; put up; raise; rear; set up

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)

Domain category:

building; construction (the act of constructing something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

level (tear down so as to make flat with the ground)

Sense 19

Meaning:

Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

Example:

We raise hogs here

Synonyms:

farm; grow; produce; raise

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

cultivate (foster the growth of)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

keep (raise)

overproduce (produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted)

carry (bear (a crop))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They raise the animals

Derivation:

raiser (someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil)

Sense 20

Meaning:

Create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise

Example:

raise Cain

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 21

Meaning:

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

Example:

evoke sympathy

Synonyms:

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

interest (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of)

overcome; overpower; overtake; overwhelm; sweep over; whelm (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)

bruise; hurt; injure; offend; spite; wound (hurt the feelings of)

shame (cause to be ashamed)

discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)

anger (make angry)

excite (arouse or elicit a feeling)

excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)

fire up; heat; ignite; inflame; stir up; wake (arouse or excite feelings and passions)

prick (to cause a sharp emotional pain)

infatuate (arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way)

rekindle (arouse again)

draw (elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.)

ask for; invite (increase the likelihood of)

strike a chord; touch a chord (evoke a reaction, response, or emotion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 22

Meaning:

Move upwards

Example:

lift one's eyes

Synonyms:

lift; raise

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Cause:

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

raise (the act of raising something)

raising (the event of something being raised upward)

Sense 23

Meaning:

Raise from a lower to a higher position

Example:

Lift a load

Synonyms:

bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Cause:

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

underlay (raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type)

skid (elevate onto skids)

pinnacle (raise on or as if on a pinnacle)

chin; chin up (raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar)

leaven; prove; raise (cause to puff up with a leaven)

heighten (increase the height of)

boost; hike; hike up (increase)

gather up; lift up; pick up (take and lift upward)

erect; rear (cause to rise up)

levitate (cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity)

pump (raise (gases or fluids) with a pump)

hoist (move from one place to another by lifting)

hoist; run up (raise)

trice; trice up (raise with a line)

hoist; lift; wind (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help)

kick up (cause to rise by kicking)

shoulder (lift onto one's shoulders)

jack; jack up (lift with a special device)

get up (cause to rise)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The men raise the chairs

Antonym:

lower (move something or somebody to a lower position)

Derivation:

raise (the act of raising something)

raise (an upward slope or grade (as in a road))

Sense 24

Meaning:

Cause to puff up with a leaven

Example:

unleavened bread

Synonyms:

leaven; prove; raise

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)

Cause:

prove; rise (increase in volume)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They raise more bread

Sense 25

Meaning:

Collect funds for a specific purpose

Example:

The President raised several million dollars for his college

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

collect; take in (call for and obtain payment of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

fund-raise; fund raise; fundraise (raise money for a cause or project)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They raise the money

Sense 26

Meaning:

Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

Example:

I got promoted after many years of hard work

Synonyms:

advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):

assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

tenure (give life-time employment to)

bring up (promote from a lower position or rank)

spot promote (promote on the spot)

ennoble; entitle; gentle (give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility)

favor; favour; prefer (promote over another)

brevet (promote somebody by brevet, in the military)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 27

Meaning:

Look after a child until it is an adult

Example:

bring up children

Synonyms:

bring up; nurture; parent; raise; rear

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Cause:

grow up (become an adult)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):

fledge (feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight)

cradle (bring up from infancy)

foster (bring up under fosterage; of children)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

raising (the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child)

Credits

 Context examples: 

They display imagination without raising interest.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

He was raising his arm and his voice, and plainly meant to lead a charge.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He saw only her head and shoulders, and her arms raised as she fixed her hair before a mirror.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

One would imagine that under such circumstances the first act of young Cadogan West would be to seize the villain and raise the alarm.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Utterson reflected; and then, raising his head, “If you will come with me in my cab,” he said, “I think I can take you to his house.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He was devoted to Henrietta; always turning towards her; and when he spoke at all, always with the view of supporting her hopes and raising her spirits.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Again I raised the gun. He was almost at arm’s length.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A mole is usually dark and may be raised from the skin.

(Melanocytic Nevus, NCI Dictionary)

They can be flat or raised.

(Moles, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Mr. Spiker raised his eyebrows, and looked much concerned.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

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