# raise

Pronunciation: say "RAYZ" /ɹeɪz/

## Verb

1. To lift something or move it to a higher position, including bringing it up from under water to the surface.
   - Simple: To lift something or move it higher, including bringing something up from under the water.
   - _Workers used a crane to raise the steel beam into place._
   - _He raised the window to let in some fresh air._
2. To bring up a child, or to grow plants or animals, until maturity.
   - Simple: To care for children or animals as they grow up, or to grow plants such as crops.
   - _My grandparents raised tobacco and corn on their land._
   - _It takes patience to raise a puppy into a well-behaved dog._
3. To create, increase, or develop something; to make it greater in amount or degree.
   - Simple: To make something bigger, higher, or greater.
   - _The central bank raised interest rates to slow inflation._
   - _Coaches work hard to raise the team's overall fitness._
4. To collect or gather together money, support, or other resources, or to assemble troops for military service.
   - Simple: To collect money, support, or people, such as gathering money for a cause or soldiers for an army.
   - _The charity is trying to raise funds for disaster relief._
   - _Our school band raised over two thousand dollars by washing cars on weekends._
5. To bring up a question, issue, or objection for others to consider, or to formally start a complaint, request, or dispute.
   - Simple: To mention a question, problem, or objection so people think about it, or to formally start a complaint or request.
   - _Several residents raised concerns about the new highway plan._
   - _He wanted to raise the issue of pay before the vote._
6. To bring something into being; to produce or cause it to arise.
   - Simple: To make something happen or appear, such as a feeling or a sound.
   - _Her speech raised hopes that the war might finally end._
   - _Even small mistakes can raise doubts about the whole report._
8. To bring a dead person back to life; to resurrect someone.
   - Simple: To bring a dead person back to life.
   - _According to the gospel, he raised Lazarus four days after his death._
   - _Only a god could raise the dead, the villagers whispered._
9. To increase the size of the current bet, so other players must match the higher amount to stay in the hand.
   - Simple: In a card game, to bet more so others must add money to keep playing.
   - _With a strong hand, she chose to raise before the river._
   - _He raised twice and scared off the other players._
11. To promote someone to a higher rank, office, or status.
   - Simple: To move someone up to a higher rank or job.
   - _The board chose to raise him to chief executive after years of loyal service._
   - _His commander raised him two ranks for bravery in battle._
12. To build or construct something by putting materials together; to erect a structure.
   - Simple: To build something by putting materials together, like a wall or a house.
   - _Volunteers raised the church steeple stone by stone._
   - _The crew worked all summer to raise the bridge's main towers._
14. To make bread or other dough light by causing it to rise, as with yeast or leaven.
   - Simple: To make bread or dough puff up and become light, usually using yeast.
   - _Good bakers raise the dough by letting yeast work overnight._
   - _Sourdough starter raised the loaf without any commercial yeast._
15. To establish contact with someone, especially by telephone or radio.
   - Simple: To reach and talk to someone by radio or phone.
   - _The control tower struggled to raise the pilot during the storm._
   - _After hours of static, they raised the rescue team by radio._
16. To create and transmit an exception or event within a program, so that it can be caught and handled elsewhere.
   - Simple: To make a program send out an error or signal that other code can deal with.
   - _The method will raise an exception if the input is invalid._
   - _When the connection drops, the library raises an event that the app listens for._
17. To multiply a number by itself a given number of times, as in raising it to a power.
   - Simple: To multiply a number by itself a set number of times, as when you square or cube it.
   - _To square a value, you raise it to the second power._
   - _The formula tells you to raise the base to the given exponent._
18. In phonetics, to articulate a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
   - Simple: In speech, to say a vowel with your tongue held higher, closer to the top of your mouth.
   - _Speakers of this dialect raise the vowel in words like 'trap' before nasal sounds._
   - _She tends to raise the front vowel, shifting it toward a higher position._
19. In syntax, to move a subject or other argument out of an embedded clause into a higher position in the sentence.
   - Simple: In grammar, to move a word like the subject out of an inner part of a sentence into the main part.
   - _The verb 'seem' allows speakers to raise the embedded subject into the matrix clause._
   - _In 'Mary is likely to win,' the grammar raises 'Mary' from the lower clause._
20. To fraudulently increase the stated value of a check, money order, or similar instrument by altering the written or printed amount.
   - Simple: To change the numbers on a check or money order by cheating, so it shows more money than it should.
   - _The forger raised the check by carefully altering the written amount._
   - _She was charged with attempting to raise a money order from twenty to two hundred dollars._
21. To end a siege or blockade, either by withdrawing the forces maintaining it or by forcing them to withdraw or scatter.
   - Simple: To end a siege or blockade, by taking the soldiers or ships away or by driving them off.
   - _Faced with disease in the camp, the commander chose to raise the siege._
   - _A relief army arrived and forced the besiegers to raise the siege of the castle._
22. To make land or another object appear higher by approaching nearer to it, as a ship does at sea.
   - Simple: To make land or a far-off object look higher by sailing closer to it.
   - _By dawn the ship had begun to raise the headland on the horizon._
   - _Sailing south for days, they slowly raised the mountains of the far shore._

## Noun

7. Short for pay raise: an increase in the money you are paid for your work. *(US, Canada)* — Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
   - Simple: Short form of pay raise. It means more money in your paycheck.
   - _After five years, he finally asked his boss for a raise._
   - _The company gave every employee a small raise this quarter._
10. A bet that increases the amount of the previous bet.
   - Simple: In a card game, a bet that is bigger than the one before it.
   - _A big raise on the turn forced two players to fold._
   - _His small raise barely changed the size of the pot._
13. An exercise that works the shoulders by requiring the arms to push or pull upward against resistance.
   - Simple: An exercise where you lift your arms up against weight to work your shoulders.
   - _The trainer demonstrated a front raise with light dumbbells._
   - _A lateral raise isolates the shoulder muscles well._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In mining, a shaft or winze excavated upward from below, used for ventilation, local ore extraction, or exploration.
- (noun) In curling, a shot in which the delivered stone strikes another stone and bumps it forward.
- (verb) To shape sheet metal into embossed designs or hollow, cup-shaped articles by hammering, stamping, or spinning it.
- (noun) A cairn, or a pile of stones, often built as a marker or memorial.
- (verb) In property law, to bring a use or beneficial interest into existence, in land or other property, for example by deed.

## Origin

From Middle English reysen, from Old Norse reisa ("to raise"), a causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną ("to rise"), going back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- ("to rise, arise"). It is a doublet of rear.

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