raise

raise1 [ reız ] verb transitive ***

▸ 1 put in higher position

▸ 2 increase

▸ 3 take care of children

▸ 4 collect money

▸ 5 mention something

▸ 6 cause feelings/reactions

▸ 7 farm animals/crops

▸ 8 build something

▸ 9 wake someone

▸ 10 in mathematics

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) to put something in a higher place or position:

He could hardly raise the injured arm at all.

raise your hand (=in order to show that you want to speak): A number of children raised their hands.

raise something to your lips/mouth: With a shaky hand, he slowly raised the cup to his lips.

a ) to lift something into an upright position:

The job of raising the walls should be completed tomorrow.

b ) to lift yourself from a sitting or lying position:

She could barely raise herself out of the chair.

c ) to bring a ship that has sunk back to the surface of the water:

Bad weather has so far hampered attempts to raise the vessel.

2. ) to increase a number, amount, or level:

The budget can be balanced by raising income taxes by 2 percent.

They had raised their prices to unreasonable levels.

a ) to increase the quality or standard of something:

The aim is to modernize production methods and raise safety standards.

b ) to increase the value of a BET in a card game

3. ) to take care of children while they are growing up:

raise a family: For most parents, raising a family is a positive challenge.

raise someone as something: The children were raised as vegetarians.

born and raised: This seems strange to someone born and raised in the city.

4. ) to collect money for a particular purpose:

We managed to raise over $4,000 through donations and other events.

We need your help to raise money for urgent medical research.

5. ) to mention something so that it can be discussed:

Are there any other questions you would like to raise at the meeting?

raise something with someone: We will raise the issue of working hours with the manager.

a ) to make people start to think about or realize something:

The accident raises a number of questions about the safety of the system.

6. ) to make someone have a particular feeling or reaction:

raise doubts/fears: Doubts have been raised about the company's right to use this land.

7. ) to keep a particular type of animal or grow a particular crop:

She's been raising sheep for over 40 years.

8. ) FORMAL to build something:

Monuments were raised in honor of the dead.

9. ) LITERARY to wake someone up

10. ) TECHNICAL if you raise a number to the power of a particular number, you multiply the first number by itself a particular number of times:

3 raised to the third power is 27.

raise the dead LITERARY

to make someone who is dead alive again

raise your glass

if several people who are together raise their glasses, they celebrate someone's success or happiness by holding their glasses high before drinking

raise (someone's) hopes/expectations

to make someone hope or expect that something will be very good or successful:

It would be unfair to raise your hopes at this early stage.

raise a smile

to manage to smile or to make someone else smile:

She was too weak to even raise a smile.

raise your voice

1. ) to speak in a loud angry way:

We told him not to raise his voice to our children.

2. ) to make your opinion clearly known:

Voices were raised in protest at the proposed changes.

=> ALARM1, EYEBROW, HELL1, ROOF1

raise

raise 2 [ reız ] noun count AMERICAN *

an increase in the amount of money that your employer pays you. British rise