raise
/ɹeɪz/ verb, noun
Forms raises raising raised raisest raisedst raiseth
- verb (physical) 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”
- verb To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect. “to raise a wall, or a heap of stones”
- verb To cause something to come to the surface of water. “The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.”
- verb (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it. “to raise Sandy Hook light”
- verb To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- verb (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect. “The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!”
- verb (military) 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.
- verb (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- noun (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- noun (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- noun (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- noun (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- noun A cairn or pile of stones.
Synonyms
elevate empower uplift advance aggrandize dignify ennoble exalt honor nobilitate prefer promote lift hike rise pay rise wage hike wage increase salary increase ascent acclivity climb upgrade heave get up bring up grow farm produce rear
Antonyms
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.
Borrowed from Old Norse hreysi; the spelling came about under the influence of the folk etymology that derived it from the verb.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight. Hence, figuratively: -- (a) To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.
- verb To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff. Hence: -- (a) To cause to spring up from recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
Etymology [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa, causative of risa to rise. See Rise, and cf. Rear to raise.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “raise”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details