Definition of "raise"
- verb
To cause to physically rise.
To collect.
To bring up; to grow.
To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.
To increase something.
To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
To exponentiate, to involute.
To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead.
- noun
An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
A bet which increased the previous bet.
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