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raise

/ɹeɪz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
  2. A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
  3. A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
  4. A bet that increases the previous bet.
  5. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
  6. To create, increase or develop.
  7. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
  8. To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
  9. To exponentiate, to involute.
  10. (of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
  11. A cairn or pile of stones.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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