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raise- (verb)
- To cause to rise.
- Raise your hand if want to say something.
- To collect.
- He raises a lot of money for charity.
- To bring up; to grow.
- We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
- Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?
- To respond to an initial bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- John bet, and Julie raised requiring John to put in more money.
- To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- There should be some consideration (i.e. payment or exchange) to raise a use.
- To exponentiate.
- Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.
- (noun)
- An increase in wages or salary; a rise .
- The boss gave me a raise.
- A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- A bet which increased the previous bet.
