Dictionary entry details
• RAISE (noun)
Meaning:
The amount a salary is increased
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
raise; wage increase; salary increase; wage hike; hike; rise
Context examples:
he got a 3% raise / he got a wage hike
Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):
increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)
Meaning:
An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
upgrade; climb; ascent; acclivity; raise; rise
Context example:
the car couldn't make it up the rise
Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raise"):
uphill (the upward slope of a hill)
Meaning:
Increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
I'll see your raise and double it
Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):
gamble (a risky act or venture)
Domain category:
poker; poker game (any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raise"):
double; doubling (raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2)
Meaning:
The act of raising something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
raise; heave; lift
Context examples:
he responded with a lift of his eyebrow / fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
Hypernyms ("raise" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
• RAISE (verb)
Meaning:
Raise the level or amount of something
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
raise my salary / raise the price of bread
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
increase (make bigger or more)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):
bump up (increase or raise)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Raise from a lower to a higher position
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
lift; elevate; raise; get up; bring up
Context examples:
Raise your hands / Lift a load
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):
skid (elevate onto skids)
pinnacle (raise on or as if on a pinnacle)
chin; chin up (raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar)
leaven; prove; raise (cause to puff up with a leaven)
heighten (increase the height of)
boost; hike; hike up (increase)
gather up; lift up; pick up (take and lift upward)
erect; rear (cause to rise up)
underlay (raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type)
levitate (cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity)
pump (raise (gases or fluids) with a pump)
hoist (move from one place to another by lifting)
hoist; run up (raise)
trice; trice up (raise with a line)
hoist; lift; wind (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help)
kick up (cause to rise by kicking)
shoulder (lift onto one's shoulders)
jack; jack up (lift with a special device)
get up (cause to rise)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
The men raise the chairs
Antonym:
lower (move something or somebody to a lower position)
Meaning:
Cause to be heard or known; express or utter
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context examples:
raise a shout / raise a protest / raise a sad cry
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):
bring forward; call up (bring forward for consideration)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Collect funds for a specific purpose
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
The President raised several million dollars for his college
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
collect; take in (call for and obtain payment of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):
fund raise; fund-raise; fundraise (raise money for a cause or project)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They raise the money
Meaning:
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
farm; raise; produce; grow
Context examples:
The Bordeaux region produces great red wines / They produce good ham in Parma / We grow wheat here / We raise hogs here
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
cultivate (foster the growth of)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):
keep (raise)
overproduce (produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted)
carry (bear (a crop))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They raise the animals
Meaning:
Bring up
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
parent; bring up; nurture; rear; raise
Context examples:
raise a family / bring up children
Cause:
grow up (become an adult)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):
fledge (feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight)
cradle (bring up from infancy)
foster (bring up under fosterage; of children)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
invoke; conjure up; conjure; call down; bring up; call forth; arouse; put forward; evoke; stir; raise
Context examples:
raise the specter of unemployment / he conjured wild birds in the air / call down the spirits from the mountain
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):
anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; curse; damn; imprecate; maledict (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)
bless (give a benediction to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Move upwards
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
lift; raise
Context example:
lift one's eyes
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Construct, build, or erect
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
erect; put up; set up; rear; raise
Context example:
Raise a barn
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)
Domain category:
building; construction (the act of constructing something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
level (tear down so as to make flat with the ground)
Meaning:
Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
provoke; evoke; elicit; arouse; enkindle; kindle; fire; raise
Context examples:
arouse pity / raise a smile / evoke sympathy
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):
interest (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of)
overcome; overpower; overtake; overwhelm; sweep over; whelm (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)
bruise; hurt; injure; offend; spite; wound (hurt the feelings of)
shame (cause to be ashamed)
discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)
anger (make angry)
excite (arouse or elicit a feeling)
excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)
fire up; heat; ignite; inflame; stir up; wake (arouse or excite feelings and passions)
strike a chord; touch a chord (evoke a reaction, response, or emotion)
ask for; invite (increase the likelihood of)
draw (elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.)
rekindle (arouse again)
infatuate (arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way)
prick (to cause a sharp emotional pain)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
raise hell / raise the roof / raise Cain
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Raise in rank or condition
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
elevate; lift; raise
Context example:
The new law lifted many people from poverty
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):
exalt (raise in rank, character, or status)
dignify (raise the status of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Increase
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
enhance; heighten; raise
Context examples:
This will enhance your enjoyment / heighten the tension
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
compound; deepen; heighten; intensify (make more intense, stronger, or more marked)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):
potentiate (increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
elevate; kick upstairs; promote; upgrade; advance; raise
Context examples:
John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired / Women tend not to advance in the major law firms / I got promoted after many years of hard work
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raise"):
tenure (give life-time employment to)
bring up (promote from a lower position or rank)
spot promote (promote on the spot)
ennoble; entitle; gentle (give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility)
favor; favour; prefer (promote over another)
brevet (promote somebody by brevet, in the military)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cause to puff up with a leaven
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
leaven; prove; raise
Context example:
unleavened bread
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Cause:
prove; rise (increase in volume)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They raise more bread
Meaning:
Bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
bid; call (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands)
Domain category:
bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Bet more than the previous player
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
bet; play; wager (stake on the outcome of an issue)
Domain category:
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cause to assemble or enlist in the military
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
levy; recruit; raise
Context examples:
raise an army / recruit new soldiers
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
draft; enlist; muster in (engage somebody to enter the army)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Put forward for consideration or discussion
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bring up; raise
Context examples:
raise the question of promotions / bring up an unpleasant topic
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
raise your 'o'
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Activate or stir up
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
raise a mutiny
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
incite; instigate; set off; stir up (provoke or stir up)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Establish radio communications with
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
They managed to raise Hanoi last night
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
contact; get hold of; get through; reach (be in or establish communication with)
Domain category:
radio; radiocommunication; wireless (medium for communication)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
multiply (combine by multiplication)
Domain category:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
raised edges
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
bring out; set off (direct attention to, as if by means of contrast)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Invigorate or heighten
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
lift; raise
Context examples:
lift my spirits / lift his ego
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Put an end to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
lift; raise
Context examples:
lift a ban / raise a siege
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to become alive again
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
upraise; resurrect; raise
Context examples:
raise from the dead / Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected / Upraising ghosts
Hypernyms (to "raise" is one way to...):
resuscitate; revive (cause to regain consciousness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
