Raise
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Raise
Verb
- To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
"to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself"
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
"to raise a wall, or a heap of stones"
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
"The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk."
- To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
"to raise Sandy Hook light"
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
Noun
- Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
"The boss gave me a raise."
- A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- A bet that increases the previous bet.
- A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
Anagrams of Raise
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