raises

Noun

• the amount a salary is increased
• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
• increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
• the act of raising something
  • "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
• plural of raise

Verb

• raise the level or amount of something
• raise from a lower to a higher position
• cause to be heard or known; express or utter
• collect funds for a specific purpose
• cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
• bring up
• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
• move upwards
• construct, build, or erect
• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
• create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
• raise in rank or condition
• increase
• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
• cause to puff up with a leaven
• bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
• bet more than the previous player
• cause to assemble or enlist in the military
• put forward for consideration or discussion
• pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
• activate or stir up
• establish radio communications with
• multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
• bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
• invigorate or heighten
• put an end to
• cause to become alive again
• third-person singular simple present indicative of raise

Synonyms

acclivity, advance, arouse, ascent, bring up, call down, call forth, climb, conjure, conjure up, elevate, elicit, enhance, enkindle, erect, evoke, farm, fire, get up, grow, heave, heighten, hike, invoke, kick upstairs, kindle, leaven, levy, lift, nurture, parent, produce, promote, prove, provoke, put forward, put up, raise, rear, recruit, resurrect, rise, salary increase, set up, stir, upgrade, upraise, wage hike, wage increase

Antonyms

demote, descent, level, lower