The amount a salary is increased:
— He got a 3% raise.

synonyms: hike, rise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase.

Dutch: loonsverhoging, opslag, salarisverhoging

An upward slope or grade (as in a road).

synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, rise, upgrade.

Dutch: klim, helling

Increasing the size of a bet (as in poker).

The act of raising something:
— Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up.

synonyms: heave, lift.

Polish: dźwignięcie, podźwignięcie

Raise the level or amount of something.

Raise from a lower to a higher position:
— Raise your hands.

synonyms: bring up, elevate, get up, lift.

Roget 250: be prominent etc. adj.; project, bulge, protrude, pout, bouge [Fr.], bunch; jut out, stand out, stick out, poke out; stick up, bristle up, start up, cock up, shoot up; swell over, hang over, bend over; beetle.    render prominent etc. adj.; raise 307; emboss, chase.    [become convex] belly out.    ... show more

Roget 305: ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise; go up, get up, work one's way up, start up; shoot up, go into orbit; float up; bubble up; aspire.    climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade^†, surmount; shin, shinny, shinney; scale, scale the heights.    [cause to go up] raise, elevate etc. 307.    go aloft, fly aloft; tower, soar, take off; spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards; hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge; leap etc. 309.    ... show more

Roget 307: heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect; set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up; rear, hoist, heave; uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear^†, upcast^†, uphoist^†, upheave; buoy, weigh mount, give a lift; exalt; sublimate; place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal.    escalate etc. (increase) 35 102 194.    take up, drag up, fish up; dredge.    stand up, rise up, get up, jump up; spring to one's feet; hold oneself, hold one's head up; drawn oneself up to his full height.    ... show more

Dutch: opvoeden, heffen, opheffen, optillen, tillen

Cause to be heard or known; express or utter.

Collect funds for a specific purpose.

Dutch: inzamelen

Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques:
— We raise hogs here.

synonyms: farm, grow, produce.

Look after a child until it is an adult:
— Raise a family.

synonyms: bring up, nurture, parent, rear.

Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic:
— Raise the specter of unemployment.

synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, stir.

Dutch: goochelen, ontbieden, oproepen, zwarte magie beoefenen, toveren

Move upwards.

synonym: lift.

Construct, build, or erect:
— Raise a barn.

synonyms: erect, put up, rear, set up.

Roget 161: produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture; weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel; build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up; establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute; achieve, accomplish etc. (complete) 729.    flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean^†, yean^†, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle; bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world.    make productive etc. 168; create; beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate; procreate, progenerate^†, propagate; engender; bring into being, call into being, bring into existence; breed, hatch, develop, bring up.    induce, superinduce; suscitate^†; cause etc. 153; acquire etc. 775.    ... show more

Dutch: optrekken

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses):
— Raise a smile.

synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke.

Roget 824: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame.    stimulate; exsuscitate^†; inspirit; spirit up, stir up, work up, pique; infuse life into, give new life to; bring new blood, introduce new blood; quicken; sharpen, whet; work upon etc. (incite) 615; hurry on, give a fillip, put on one's mettle.    fan the fire, fan the flame; blow the coals, stir the embers; fan into a flame; foster, heat, warm, foment, raise to a fever heat; keep up, keep the pot boiling; revive, rekindle; rake up, rip up.    stir the feelings, play on the feelings, come home to the feelings; touch a string, touch a chord, touch the soul, touch the heart; go to one's heart, penetrate, pierce, go through one, touch to the quick; possess the soul, pervade the soul, penetrate the soul, imbrue the soul, absorb the soul, affect the soul, disturb the soul.    absorb, rivet the attention; sink into the mind, sink into the heart; prey on the mind, distract; intoxicate; overwhelm, overpower; bouleverser [Fr.], upset, turn one's head.    fascinate; enrapture etc. (give pleasure) 829.    agitate, perturb, ruffle, fluster, shake, disturb, startle, shock, stagger; give one a shock, give one a turn; strike all of a heap; stun, astound, electrify, galvanize, petrify.    irritate, sting; cut to the heart, cut to the quick; try one's temper; fool to the top of one's bent, pique; infuriate, madden, make one's blood boil; lash into fury etc. (wrath) 900.    be excited etc. adj.; flush up, flare up; catch the infection; thrill etc. (feel) 821; mantle; work oneself up; seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave; run mad etc. (passion) 825.    ... show more

Dutch: ontlokken, bovenhalen, evoceren, evoqueren, oproepen, wekken

Create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise.

Raise in rank or condition.

synonyms: elevate, lift.

Increase.

synonyms: enhance, heighten.

Roget 35: increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate etc. (expand) 194; grow, wax, get ahead.    gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend etc. 305; sprout etc. 194.    aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino [Lat.], superadd etc. (add) 37; spread etc. (disperse) 73.    ... show more

Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.

synonyms: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade.

Cause to puff up with a leaven.

synonyms: leaven, prove.

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

Bet more than the previous player.

Cause to assemble or enlist in the military:
— Raise an army.

synonyms: levy, recruit.

Put forward for consideration or discussion:
— Raise the question of promotions.

synonym: bring up.

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

Activate or stir up.

Establish radio communications with.

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

Dutch: loonsverhoging, salarisverhoging, loonstijging

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

Dutch: op de been brengen

Invigorate or heighten.

synonym: lift.

Put an end to:
— Raise a siege.

synonym: lift.

Cause to become alive again:
— Raise from the dead.

synonyms: resurrect, upraise.