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Nouns (10)

n. increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it"

n. the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase

n. the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"

Verbs (39)

raise

v. bet more than the previous player

raise

v. cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"

raise

v. multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3

raise

v. pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'"

raise

v. establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"

raise

v. raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

raise

v. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"

raise, bring in

v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

lift, raise

v. put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"

lift, raise

v. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"

grow, raise, farm, produce

v. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"

enhance, heighten, raise

v. increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

raise, leaven, prove

v. cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"

resurrect, raise, upraise

v. cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"

rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent

v. bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

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Fuzzynyms (147)

promotion

n. act of raising in rank or position

shove

n. the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove"

procure, secure

v. get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"

collect, pick up, gather up, call for

v. gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"

raise

v. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"

lift, raise

v. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"

hoist, lift, wind

v. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

raise

v. raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

lift, raise

v. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"

hoist, lift, wind

v. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

raise

v. raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

raise

v. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"

hoist, lift, wind

v. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

uplift

v. lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"

disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

magnify, amplify

v. increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

raise

v. raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

raise

v. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"

lift, raise

v. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"

hoist, lift, wind

v. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise

v. add details to

doff

v. remove; "He doffed his hat"

lift

v. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle

v. to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"

blow up, enlarge, magnify

v. make large; "blow up an image"

leap, jump

v. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"

intensify

v. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

stimulate, excite

v. act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"

progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up

v. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

develop

v. grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"

raise

v. raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

raise

v. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"

lift, raise

v. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

uplift

v. lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"

heave, heave up, heft, heft up

v. lift or elevate

heave

v. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

boost

v. push or shove upward, as if from below or behind; "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption"

jump, leap, jump off

v. jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

rise, go up, climb

v. increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

v. come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

startle, jump, start

v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

derail, jump

v. run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

hike

v. walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"

disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

jostle, shove

v. come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

shove

v. push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"

thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze

v. press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

Synonyms (12)

call, send for

v. order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"

bring, work, play, wreak, make for

v. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

bring, land

v. bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"

bring, convey, take

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

Antonyms (25)

decrease, decrement

n. the amount by which something decreases

lift

v. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass

v. disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"

lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down

v. move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"

contribute, give, chip in, kick in

v. contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"

level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down

v. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

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