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    [Verb]  | "raise" | \ ˈrāz \


    1: to cause or help to rise to a standing position

    2: awaken, arouse

    3: to stir up : incite


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English reisen, raisen, from Old Norse reisa{mat|rear|};

    [Noun]  | "raise" 


    1: an act of raising or lifting

    2: a rising stretch of road : an upward grade : rise

    3: an increase in amount: such as


    Origin: 1538 ;

    [Idiom]  | "raise a family" 


    1: to have and bring up children

    [Idiom]  | "raise a fuss" 


    1: to complain or object very angrily

    [Idiom]  | "raise a ruckus" 


    1: to get upset and complain very loudly

    [Idiom]  | "raise a stink" 


    1: to complain or object very angrily

    [Idiom]  | "raise one's voice" 


    1: to speak loudly especially because one is angry

    [Idiom]  | "raise some hackles" 


    1: cause someone or some people to be upset

    [Idiom]  | "raise the ante" 


    1: to raise the cost or price

    2: to increase the risk or possible harm that could result from something —often + on

    3: to set a higher standard or goal —often + on

    [Idiom]  | "raise the possibility" 


    1: to make (something) possible —often + of

    [Verb]  | "raise" 


    1: to move from a lower to a higher place or position;


      * e.g., " ... he asked members of the audience to raise their hands if they had been to his show before "





    2: to bring to maturity through care and education;


      * e.g., " ... since she was only two when her mother died, the girl was raised mainly by her aunt "





    3: to bring (something volatile or intense) into being;


      * e.g., " ... a proposal to cover the library's red brick with vinyl siding raised a mighty ruckus with those favoring historical preservation "





    [Noun]  | "raise" 


    1: something added (as by growth);


      * e.g., " ... the school board approved a raise in the maximum family income for students qualifying for reduced-price lunches "





    [Phrase]  | "raise Cain" 


    1: to behave badly;


      * e.g., " ... Area teens were caught raising Cain in the park after dark. "



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     [ "raise" ]

    1: Increament or Addition to the Income or Salary

      * e.g.,  ... Worker : "...I have been Working hard since last Month..." 

     [ "raise" ]

    1: parent or parents (someone who has "raised" you since childhood)

      * e.g.,  ... I am having Thanksgiving dinner with the raise this year. 

     [ "raise" ]

    1: to smoke mary jane and/or get high.

      * e.g.,  ... "man im tryin to raise it and play some video games" 

     [ "raise" ]

    1: Film-noir/Hardboiled Novel slang for "get it contact with." The term is derived from the phrase "raise the dead" where "the dead" is a metaphor for an uncommunicative person.

      * e.g.,  ... "Where you able to raise your sister?" 

     [ "raise" ]

    1: the prize after sleeping with your boss.

      * e.g.,  ... i got a raise out of our boss *wink *wink 

     [ "raise" ]

    1: To add on top of a previous bet in poker; Often to get the most out of your hand, scare other players, or straight out bluff.

      * e.g.,  ... Player 1: "I'll bet 400." 

     [ "raise" ]

    1: go get robbed , or mugged

      * e.g.,  ... ha ha u got raised  

     [ "raise" ]

    1: An amish rave. Teens and often adults as well will go out during the middle of the night and put up a farm.

      * e.g.,  ... -Hey man, wanna go to a raise? 

     [ "raise" ]

    1: get up and go

      * e.g.,  ... Time to raise. We gotta raise on outta here.  


     [ "raise" ]

    2: get outta here


     [ "raise" ]

    3: bounce

     [ "Raise" ]

    1: When a person's pay/salary is increased due to job performance or company loyalty.

      * e.g.,  ... Chad : Damn Abi your hair is so long and soft! Ahhhh! 

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