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raise: to cause to lift or to lift something
rise: to ascend, move upward, or get up

Raise: The noun raise has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (3) raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase -- (the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike")
2. ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade -- (an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise")
3. raise -- (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it")
4. lift, raise, heave -- (the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up")

The verb raise has 27 senses (first 13 from tagged texts)

1. (40) raise -- (raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread")
2. (26) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up -- (raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load")
3. (21) raise -- (cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry")
4. (14) raise -- (collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college")
5. (10) grow, raise, farm, produce -- (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here")
6. (7) rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent -- (bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children")
7. (7) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth -- (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain")
8. (4) lift, raise -- (move upwards; "lift one's eyes")
9. (2) raise, erect, rear, set up, put up -- (construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn")
10. (1) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")
11. (1) raise -- (create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain")
12. (1) lift, raise, elevate -- (raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty")
13. (1) enhance, heighten, raise -- (increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension")
14. promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate -- (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work")
15. raise, leaven, prove -- (cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread")
16. raise -- (bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level)
17. raise -- (bet more than the previous player)
18. recruit, levy, raise -- (cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers")
19. raise, bring up -- (put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic")
20. raise -- (pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'")
21. raise -- (activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny")
22. raise -- (establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night")
23. raise -- (multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3)
24. raise -- (bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges")
25. raise, lift -- (invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego")
26. lift, raise -- (put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege")
27. resurrect, raise, upraise -- (cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts")

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4 senses of raise

Sense 1
raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase -- (the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike")
=> increase, increment -- (the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare")

Sense 2
ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade -- (an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise")
=> slope, incline, side -- (an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain")

Sense 3
raise -- (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it")
=> gamble -- (a risky act or venture)

Sense 4
lift, raise, heave -- (the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up")
=> propulsion, actuation -- (the act of propelling)

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Coordinate Terms: 4 senses of raise

Sense 1
raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase -- (the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike")
-> increase, increment -- (the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare")
=> amplification, gain -- (the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input)
=> complement -- (something added to complete or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner")
=> fare increase -- (increase in the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance)
=> price increase -- (increase in price)
=> raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase -- (the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike")
=> rise, boost, hike, cost increase -- (an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates")
=> supplement, supplementation -- (a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency))
=> tax-increase, tax boost, tax hike -- (the amount by which taxes are increased; "a tax increase of 15 percent")
=> up-tick -- (a small increase; "the up-tick in terrorist activity")

Sense 2
ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade -- (an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise")
-> slope, incline, side -- (an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain")
=> ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade -- (an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise")
=> bank -- (sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents")
=> bank, cant, camber -- (a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force)
=> canyonside -- (the steeply sloping side of a canyon)
=> coast -- (a slope down which sleds may coast; "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course")
=> descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope -- (a downward slope or bend)
=> escarpment, scarp -- (a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion)
=> hillside -- (the side or slope of a hill)
=> mountainside, versant -- (the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the eastern versant")
=> ski slope -- (a snow-covered slope for skiing)

Sense 3
raise -- (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it")
-> gamble -- (a risky act or venture)
=> long shot -- (a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards)
=> raise -- (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it")

Sense 4
lift, raise, heave -- (the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up")
-> propulsion, actuation -- (the act of propelling)
=> launching, launch -- (the act of propelling with force)
=> launching -- (the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time)
=> drive, thrust, driving force -- (the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off")
=> roll -- (the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling))
=> throw -- (the act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base")
=> push, pushing -- (the act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise")
=> pull, pulling -- (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back")
=> lift, raise, heave -- (the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up")
=> expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out -- (the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting)
=> jump, jumping -- (the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected")
=> lob -- (the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc)
=> wheeling, rolling -- (propelling something on wheels)
=> shooting, shot -- (the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate")
=> dribble, dribbling -- (the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks)