All raise synonyms
raise
R r noun raise
- ante β the gaming stake put up before the deal in poker by the players
- highland β a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- accretion β An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time.
- build-up β the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure: He had a strong build.
- highlands β a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- markup β Commerce. the amount added by a seller to the cost of a commodity to cover expenses and profit in fixing the selling price. the difference between the cost price and the selling price, computed as a percentage of either the selling price or the cost price. an increase in price, as of a commodity. the amount by which a price is increased.
verb raise
- glorify β to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- bump β If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
- come on strong β If someone comes on strong, they make their intentions or feelings clear in an excessive or aggressive way.
- crown β A crown is a circular ornament, usually made of gold and jewels, which a king or queen wears on their head at official ceremonies. You can also use crown to refer to anything circular that is worn on someone's head.
- mothering β a female parent.
- heighten β to increase the height of; make higher.
- collect β If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- interface β a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- haul β to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- jerrybuilt β Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure.
- make the scene β the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- cubing β a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- dredge β Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
- bestirred β to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- mother β parent
- cart off β to carry or remove brusquely or by force
- bottoming β the lowest level of foundation material for a road or other structure
- catalyse β If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- break the bank β to ruin financially or deplete the resources of a bank (as in gambling)
- call upon β to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- levered β Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
- boost β If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
- knock together β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- domesticate β to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- leaven β a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- grow β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- cultivate β If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- meet up β a meeting, especially a regular meeting of people who share a particular interest and have connected with each other through a social-networking website: a meetup for new moms in the neighborhood; a meetup to plan the trip.
- move up β to pass from one place or position to another.
- catalyze β If something catalyzes a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- junking β Present participle of junk.
- erect β Rigidly upright or straight.
- instigate β to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- heat up β the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- get through β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- incubate β to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- intensify β to make intense or more intense.
- disported β to divert or amuse (oneself).
- make waves β a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- angeling β one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- bunged β a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- weighted β having additional weight.
- goosed β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- hoist β to hoist.