to lift (something or somebody) to a higher position
to bring (somebody or something) to an upright or standing position
to build or erect (something)
to increase the strength, intensity, degree, or pitch of (something)
Don't raise your voice
to cause (something) to rise in level or amount
They have raised the rent again
to place (somebody) higher in rank or dignity; to elevate (somebody)
to multiply (a quantity) by itself a number of times so as to produce a specified power
in poker, to increase the amount of (a bet)
to bet more than (a previous better)
in bridge, to make a higher bid in (a partner's suit)
to increase the bid of (one's partner)
to bring up (a subject) for consideration or debate
Why did you have to raise that issue now?
to bring (people) together for a purpose
to collect (e.g. money)
to get (things or people) together for a purpose; to collect
raising funds
raising an army
to cause (something) to occur or appear
My joke didn't even raise a smile
to rear (a child or an animal)
to grow or cultivate (crops or other plants)
to awaken (somebody)
to recall (somebody) from death, or as if from death
to abandon or suspend the operation of (e.g. a siege)
to cause (hunted game) to come out from concealment
to bring (land) in sight on the horizon by approaching
Brit, informal to establish radio or telephone communication with (a person or place)
He couldn't raise Melbourne
to cause (e.g. a blister) to form on the skin
to cause (e.g. an antibody) to be produced
to bring up the nap of (cloth), esp by brushing
see eyebrow
informal to create a disturbance
[perhaps a euphemism (based on the account of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4) for raise hell, etc.]informal to create a disturbance
informal to complain angrily about something
informal to make a loud noise, esp by cheering