raise

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
raise/reɪz/

▶verb

• 1 lift or move to a higher position or level.

  ■ set upright.

• 2 construct or build (a structure).

• 3 increase the amount, level, or strength of: Don't raise your voice at me!

  ■ promote to a higher rank.

  ■ (raise something to) Mathematics multiply a quantity to (a specified power).

  ■ (in poker or brag) bet (a specified amount) more than (another player).

  ■ Bridge make a higher bid in the same suit as that bid by (one's partner).

• 4 cause to occur or to be considered: doubts have been raised.

• 5 collect or levy (money or resources).

  ■ generate (an invoice or other document).

• 6 bring up (a child).

  ■ breed or grow (animals or plants).

• 7 abandon or force to abandon (a blockade, embargo, etc.).

• 8 wake from sleep or bring back from death.

• 9 drive (an animal) from its lair.

• 10 (of someone at sea) come in sight of (land or another ship).

  ■ Brit. informal establish contact with (someone) by telephone or radio.

• 11 Physiology stimulate production of (an antiserum, antibody, etc.) against the appropriate target cell or substance.

▶noun

• 1 N. Amer. an increase in salary.

• 2 an act of raising a stake or bid.

• 3 Weightlifting an act of lifting or raising a part of the body while holding a weight.

– phrases
raise hell informal make a noisy disturbance.

■ complain vociferously.

raise the roof make a great deal of noise, especially by cheering.

– derivatives
raisable adjective,
raiser noun.

– origin ME: from ON reisa; rel. to the verb rear2.