raised

[reyzd] /reɪzd/
adjective
1.
fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
2.
Cookery. made light by the use of yeast or other ferment but not with baking powder, soda, or the like.
Origin
1595-1605; raise + -ed2
Related forms
nonraised, adjective
self-raised, adjective
unraised, adjective
well-raised, adjective

raise

[reyz] /reɪz/
verb (used with object), raised, raising.
1.
to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate:
to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
2.
to set upright:
When the projection screen toppled, he quickly raised it again.
3.
to cause to rise or stand up; rouse:
The sound of the bugle raised him from his bed.
4.
to build; erect:
to raise a monument.
5.
to set up the framework of:
to raise a house.
6.
to set in motion; activate:
to raise a storm of protest.
7.
to grow or breed, care for, or promote the growth of:
to raise corn; to raise prizewinning terriers.
8.
to serve in the capacity of parent to; rear:
to raise children.
9.
to give rise to; bring up or about:
His comments raised a ripple of applause.
10.
to put forward; present for public consideration:
He raised the issue of his opponent's eligibility.
11.
Law. to make (an issue at law).
12.
to restore to life:
to raise the dead.
13.
to stir up:
to raise a rebellion with stirring speeches.
14.
to give vigor to; animate:
The news raised his spirits.
15.
to advance in rank or position:
to raise someone to the peerage.
16.
to assemble or collect:
to raise an army; to raise money for a charity.
17.
to increase the height or vertical measurement of:
The blocks raise the table three inches.
18.
to increase in degree, intensity, pitch, or force:
to raise the volume of a radio.
19.
to utter (a cry, shout, etc.) in a loud voice.
20.
to cause (the voice) to be heard:
to raise one's voice in opposition.
21.
to cause (dough or bread) to rise by expansion and become light, as by the use of yeast.
22.
to increase in amount:
to raise rents; to raise salaries.
23.
to increase (the value or price) of a commodity, stock, bond, etc.
24.
Poker.
  1. to increase (another player's bet).
  2. to bet at a higher level than (a preceding bettor).
25.
Bridge. to increase (the bid for a contract) by repeating one's partner's bid at a higher level.
26.
Phonetics. to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by bringing the tongue closer to the palate:
The vowel in “pen” is raised to (i) in some dialects.
27.
to increase the amount specified in (a check, money order, or the like) by fraudulent alteration.
28.
Military. to end (a siege) by withdrawing the besieging forces or by compelling the besieging forces to withdraw.
29.
Nautical.
  1. to cause (something) to rise above the visible horizon by approaching it.
  2. to come in sight of (land, a whale, etc.).
30.
to establish communication with by radio:
The radioman was able to raise shore headquarters after three tries.
31.
Mining. to excavate (an opening) upward from a level below.
verb (used without object), raised, raising.
32.
to be able to be lifted or pulled up:
The window raises easily.
33.
(in cards, poker, etc.) to increase a previous bet or bid:
My cards weren't good enough to let me raise.
noun
34.
an increase in amount, as of wages:
a raise in pay.
35.
the amount of such an increase:
His raise was five dollars.
36.
a raising, lifting, etc.:
a raise in spirits.
37.
a raised or ascending place; rise.
38.
Mining. a shaft excavated upward from below.
Compare winze1 .
Idioms
39.
raise Cain. Cain (def 3).
Origin
1150-1200; Middle English reisen (v.) < Scandinavian (compare Old Norse reisa); compare also Gothic -raisjan (causative verb formed on Germanic base of Old English rīsan to rise), Old English rǣran to rear2
Related forms
raisable, raiseable, adjective
raiser, noun
nonraisable, adjective
nonraiseable, adjective
reraise, verb (used with object), reraised, reraising.
unraisable, adjective
unraiseable, adjective
Can be confused
raise, raze.
raise, rise (see usage note at the current entry)
Synonyms
1, 2. loft. Raise, lift, heave, hoist imply bringing something up above its original position. Raise, the most general word, may mean to bring something to or toward an upright position with one end resting on the ground; or it may be used in the sense of lift, moving an object a comparatively short distance upward but breaking completely its physical contact with the place where it had been: to raise a ladder; to raise (lift ) a package. Heave implies lifting with effort or exertion: to heave a huge box onto a truck. Hoist implies lifting slowly and gradually something of considerable weight, usually with mechanical help, such as given by a crane or derrick: to hoist steel beams to the top of the framework of a building. 3. arouse, awaken. 4. construct, rear. 7. cultivate. 9. originate, produce, effect. 13. excite. 14. invigorate, inspirit. 15. elevate, promote, exalt. 17. heighten, enlarge. 18. amplify, augment.
Antonyms
1. lower.
Usage note
Raise and rise are similar in form and meaning but different in grammatical use. Raise is the causative of rise; to raise something is to cause it to rise. Raise is almost always used transitively. Its forms are regular: Raise the window. The flag had been raised before we arrived. Raise in the intransitive sense “to rise up, arise” is nonstandard: Dough raises better when the temperature is warm.
Rise is almost exclusively intransitive in its standard uses. Its forms are irregular: My husband usually rises before seven. The earliest I have ever risen is eight. The sun rose in a cloudless sky. The dough is rising now.
Both raise and rear are used in the United States to refer to the upbringing of children. Although raise was formerly condemned in this sense (“You raise hogs but you rear children”), it is now standard.
In American English, a person receives a raise in salary. In British English it is a rise.
Examples from the web for raised
  • The researchers found that those trained with action games raised their performance to the level of the experienced gamers.
  • The line of peritoneal reflection from the lateral surface is raised to the level of the obliterated hypogastric artery.
  • Tuition being raised, students need work part time to fund their education.
  • In that exercise, not a dollar is raised, but development is happening nonetheless.
  • He routinely discusses issues raised in his book in the media, at educational conferences, and on college campuses.
  • Dairy cows raised on organic feed aren't pumped full of hormones.
  • Android skins have raised the hackles of some smartphone enthusiasts.
  • While a few charities have distributed all the money they raised, others have big sums still on hand.
  • Mail clerks raised money to have his body preserved by taxidermy.
  • You've raised your family, you've moved through your career years.
British Dictionary definitions for raised

raise

/reɪz/
verb (mainly transitive)
1.
to move, cause to move, or elevate to a higher position or level; lift
2.
to set or place in an upright position
3.
to construct, build, or erect: to raise a barn
4.
to increase in amount, size, value, etc: to raise prices
5.
to increase in degree, strength, intensity, etc: to raise one's voice
6.
to advance in rank or status; promote
7.
to arouse or awaken from or as if from sleep or death
8.
to stir up or incite; activate: to raise a mutiny
9.
raise Cain, raise the devil, raise hell, raise the roof
  1. to create a boisterous disturbance
  2. to react or protest heatedly
10.
to give rise to; cause or provoke: to raise a smile
11.
to put forward for consideration: to raise a question
12.
to cause to assemble or gather together; collect: to raise an army
13.
to grow or cause to grow: to raise a crop
14.
to bring up; rear: to raise a family
15.
to cause to be heard or known; utter or express: to raise a shout, to raise a protest
16.
to bring to an end; remove: to raise a siege, raise a ban
17.
to cause (dough, bread, etc) to rise, as by the addition of yeast
18.
(poker) to bet more than (the previous player)
19.
(bridge) to bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
20.
(nautical) to cause (something) to seem to rise above the horizon by approaching: we raised land after 20 days
21.
to establish radio communications with: we managed to raise Moscow last night
22.
to obtain (money, funds, capital, etc)
23.
to bring (a surface, a design, etc) into relief; cause to project
24.
to cause (a blister, welt, etc) to form on the skin to expel (phlegm) by coughing
25.
(phonetics) to modify the articulation of (a vowel) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
26.
(maths) to multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
27.
  1. to institute (a suit or action at law)
  2. to draw up (a summons)
28.
(mainly US & Canadian) to increase the amount payable on (a cheque, money order, etc) fraudulently
29.
(curling) to push (a stone) towards the tee with another stone
30.
raise an eyebrow
  1. Also raise one's eyebrows. to look quizzical or surprised
  2. to give rise to doubt or disapproval
31.
raise one's glass to, to drink the health of; drink a toast to
32.
(old-fashioned) raise one's hat, to take one's hat briefly off one's head as a greeting or mark of respect
noun
33.
the act or an instance of raising
34.
(mainly US & Canadian) an increase, esp in salary, wages, etc; rise
Derived Forms
raisable, raiseable, adjective
raiser, noun
Word Origin
C12: from Old Norse reisa; related to Old English rǣran to rear²
Word Origin and History for raised

raise

v.

c.1200, "cause a rising of; lift upright, set upright; build, construct," from a Scandinavian source, e.g. Old Norse reisa "to raise," from Proto-Germanic *raizjan (cf. Gothic ur-raisjan, Old English ræran "to rear;" see rear (v.)), causative of root *ris- "to rise" (see rise (v.)). At first sharing many senses with native rear (v.).

Meaning "make higher" is from c.1300 in the physical sense, as is that of "restore to life." Of the voice, from late 14c. Meaning "increase the amount of" is from c.1500; from 1530s of prices, etc. Meaning "to bring up" (a question, etc.) is from 1640s. Card-playing sense is from 1821. Meaning "promote the growth of" (plants, etc.) is from 1660s; sense of "foster, rear, bring up" (of children) is from 1744. Meaning "to elevate" (the consciousness) is from 1970. Related: Raised; raising.

Pickering (1816) has a long passage on the use of raise and grow in reference to crops. He writes that in the U.S. raise is used of persons, in the sense "brought up," but it is "never thus used in the Northern States. Bartlett [1848] adds that it "is applied in the Southern States to the breeding of negroes. It is sometimes heard at the North among the illiterate; as 'I was raised in Connecticut,' meaning brought up there."

n.

"act of raising or lifting," 1530s, from raise (v.). Meaning "an increase in amount or value" is from 1728. Meaning "increase in salary or wages" is from 1898, chiefly American English (British preferring rise). Earliest attested use (c.1500) is in obsolete sense of "a levy."

Slang definitions & phrases for raised

raise

verb

To leave; cut out, split (1990s+ Black)

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