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1.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"
2.verbTo create, increase or develop."We need to raise the motivation level in the company."
3.verbTo establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio)."Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police."
4.verbTo respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand."John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money."
5.verbTo exponentiate, to involute."Two raised to the fifth power equals 32."
6.verb(of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
7.verb(of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
8.verbTo increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
9.verbTo throw (an exception)."A division by zero will raise an exception."
10.nounElevation.
11.nounNurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity
12.nounRecruitment.
13.nounCollection or gathering, especially of money.
14.nounThe operation or work of setting up the frame of a building."to help at a raising"
15.nounThe movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
16.nounA sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
17.nounThe operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
18.nounThe substance used to make bread rise.
19.nounThe process of deepening colours in dyeing.