1. Located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
   "a raised design"; "raised eyebrows"
    
2. Increased in amount or degree
   "raised temperature";
   - elevated
    
3. Embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery
   "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork";
   - brocaded, embossed

1. Take from a lower to a higher position
   "Raise your hands";
   - lift, elevate, get up, bring up
    
2. Increase the level or amount of something
   "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"
    
3. Look after a child until it is an adult
   "raise a family";
   - rear, bring up, nurture, parent
    
4. (farming) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
   "We raise hogs here";
   - grow, farm, produce
    
5. Collect funds for a specific purpose
   "The President raised several million dollars for his college"
    
6. Cause to be heard or known; express or utter
   "raise a sad cry"; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"
    
7. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
   "raise the spectre of unemployment";
   - conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, call down, arouse, bring up, call forth
    
8. Cause to move upwards
   "raise one's eyes";
   - lift
    
9. Increase in condition, wealth, quality of life, etc.
   "The new law raised many people from poverty";
   - lift, elevate
    
10. Construct, build
    "Raise a barn";
    - erect, rear, set up, put up
     
11. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
    "raise a smile";
    - arouse, elicit, enkindle [literary], kindle, evoke, provoke
     
12. Create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
    "raise Cain"; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"
     
13. Add something extra to make more intense or better
    "The chef raised the flavour with additional spices";
    - enhance, heighten, increase
     
14. Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
    "The company raised him to senior manager";
    - promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs [informal], elevate
     
15. Cause to puff up with a leaven
    "The yeast raised the bread dough";
    - leaven, prove
     
16. Put forward for consideration or discussion
    "raise the question of promotions";
    - bring up
     
17. Activate or stir up
    "raise a mutiny"
     
18. Invigorate or heighten
    "raise my spirits";
    - lift
     
19. (bridge) bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
    "He raised his partner's heart bid to game"
     
20. (card game) bet more than the previous player
    "She raised the pot by $50"
     
21. Cause to assemble or enlist in military
    "raise an army";
    - recruit, levy
     
22. Pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
    "raise your ‘o’"
     
23. (radio) establish radio communications with
    "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"
     
24. (arithmetic) multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times
    "8 is 2 raised to the power 3"
     
25. Bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
    "raised edges"
     
26. Put an end to
    "raise a siege";
    - lift
     
27. Cause to become alive again
    "raise from the dead";
    - resurrect
     
28. Register formally as a participant or member
    "The party raised many new members";
    - enroll [N. Amer], inscribe, enter, enrol [Brit, Cdn], recruit

Sounds like: raises, razes, raised, razed

See also: adorned, bring, decorated, elevated, increased, lifted, up, upraised

Type of: advert [rare], alter, ameliorate, amend, articulate, assign, bet, better, bid, bring out, bring up, build, call, call up, care, change, cite, collect, compound, construct, contact, create, deepen, delegate, depute, designate, displace, draft, end, enlist, enounce [archaic], enunciate, express, get hold of, get through, give care, give tongue to, heighten, improve, incite, increase, instigate, intensify, make, meliorate, mend, mention, modify, move, multiply, muster in, name, play, pronounce, reach, refer, register, resuscitate, revive, say, set off, sound out, stir up, summon, take in, terminate, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, wager

Antonym: lowered

Encyclopedia: Raised