English Explanatory Dictionary

raise

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
  2. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
  3. To cause something to come to the surface of water.
  4. To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
  5. To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
  6. To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
  7. 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.
  8. To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
  9. To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
  10. To create, increase or develop.
  11. To collect or amass.
  12. To call up the forces of, to raise the troops from.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
  2. A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
  3. A bet that increases the previous bet.
  4. A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
  5. A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
noun
  1. A cairn or pile of stones.

Pronunciation

rāz /ɹeɪz/ en-us-raise.ogg

Word forms

raise raises raising raised no-table-tags glossary raisest raisedst raiseth

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”). Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.

Synonyms

lift elevate empower uplift advance aggrandize dignify ennoble exalt honor nobilitate prefer promote raise rise pay rise

Derived words

araise check-raise curtain-raise fundraise hand-raise I'll see you and raise you it takes a village to raise a child misraise outraise payraise raisable raise a finger raise a flag raise a hand raise an eyebrow raise a stink raise borer raise Cain raised by wolves raised in a barn raise eyebrows raise fire raise flags raise from the dead raise hell raise hob raise oneself up by one's bootstraps raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps raise one's eyebrows raise one's game raise one's glass raise one's hand raise one's head raise one's voice raiser raise red flags raise someone's consciousness raise someone's hackles raise someone's shackles raise someone's shag raise someone's spirits raise steam raise the alarm raise the ante raise the bar raise the dead raise the devil raise the flag and see who salutes raise the line raise the roof raise the specter raise the spectre raise the stakes raise the white flag raise the wind raise to the ermine raise to the purple raise unshirted hell raise up upraise

Translations

Akkadian: našûm Albanian: ngrerris Albanian: hypi Albanian: rris Albanian: shto Arabic: رَفَعَ Arabic: رفع Arabic: رَفَع Armenian: բարձրացնել Aromanian: analtsu Azerbaijani: qaldırmaq Azerbaijani: qalxızmaq Azerbaijani: yuxarı çəkmək Azerbaijani: artırmaq Bashkir: күтәреү Bulgarian: вдигам Bulgarian: увеличавам Catalan: alçar Catalan: aixecar Chinese Mandarin: 舉 /举 Czech: zvednout Czech: zdvihnout Czech: zvedat Czech: zdvihat Czech: povznést Dalmatian: alzur Dutch: opheffen Esperanto: levi Esperanto: altigi Esperanto: plialtigi Finnish: nostaa French: élever French: lever French: ériger Friulian: jevâ Galician: levantar German: heben German: erhöhen German: hochsetzen German: heraufsetzen German: anheben German: vergrößern German: steigern German: hochschrauben Ancient Greek: αἴρω Ancient Greek: βαστάζω Ancient Greek: ἀείρω Hebrew: הרים Hungarian: emel Hungarian: felemel Hungarian: növel Hungarian: megemel Hungarian: megnövel Icelandic: hækka Ido: levar Ingrian: nostaa Ingrian: ylentää Interlingua: levar Irish: tóg Irish: ardaigh Italian: alzare Italian: levare Japanese: 上げる Khmer: លើក Korean: 올리다 Central Kurdish: سەرخِستِن Kyrgyz: көтөрүү Latgalian: ceļt Latin: tollō Latin: erigō Latin: levō Latvian: celt Manchu: ᡨᡠᡴᡳᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ Māori: whakahī Māori: hāpai Māori: hī Māori: hiki Māori: mairangi Māori: whakanana Māori: matahī Māori: araara Neapolitan: aizà Norman: êl'ver
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