Word Finder - raised

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(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

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to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself

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To create, increase or develop.

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We need to raise the motivation level in the company.

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To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).

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Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.

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To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.

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John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.

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To exponentiate, to involute.

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Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.

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(of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

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(of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.

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To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.

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To throw (an exception).

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A division by zero will raise an exception.

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Embossed, in relief.

He raised his brows.

He stepped back and raised his hands.

She raised her eyebrows.

She raised her head and looked me in the eye.

I have his "Jungle-Book" in raised print, and what a splendid, refreshing book it is!

Tensions mounted all through the 1830s as militias were raised on both sides in what later came to be known as the Aroostook War, even though there was never actually a war or casualties.

So he raised a great army and made war against other countries.

She raised a quizzical eyebrow, but he didn't explain.

The major raised his hand to his cap with a smile.

He raised a brow inquisitively.

Chubby little Dokhturov was listening attentively with eyebrows raised and arms folded on his stomach.

He raised a brow.

He raised the dark brow further, blue eyes twinkling with humor.

Faster and faster, vying with one another, they moved at the double or at a trot, vanishing amid the clouds of dust they raised and making the air ring with a deafening roar of mingling shouts.

He respected the man who raised me, even when I rejected my natural father.

Martha raised her hand in a sign of peace.

The swordsman lifted a sword off the ground and raised it, charging her.

Raised by the Dark One, the only other deity capable of reviving a dead-dead soul.

As soon as I could spell a few words my teacher gave me slips of cardboard on which were printed words in raised letters.

He drew his left foot out of the stirrup and, lurching with his whole body and puckering his face with the effort, raised it with difficulty onto the saddle, leaned on his knee, groaned, and slipped down into the arms of the Cossacks and adjutants who stood ready to assist him.

Kutuzov was silent for a few seconds and then, submitting with evident reluctance to the duty imposed by his position, raised his head and began to speak.

Katie said that was because Carmen had been raised poor and had become frugal.

He raised one eyebrow.

Connie raised her eyebrows.

She raised her own.

She raised her face to look at him and caught Sarah and Connie making a hasty exit from the room.

She raised the whip, choking out words through a constricted throat.

She raised an eyebrow at him.

Instead of answering, she raised her arm and steadied her breath, as if she were holding a handgun.

She raised her eyes to his, her breathing uneven.

She raised her eyebrows at him, and he hesitated.

She raised the hourglass.

Carmen slammed her hands on her hips and raised her brows at Katie.

He looked them over with a raised eyebrow.

Hannah raised an eyebrow.

The point of this gold indicator bends over the edge of the case, round which are set eleven raised points--the stem forms the twelfth.

These small waves raised by the evening wind are as remote from storm as the smooth reflecting surface.

With shifting eyes but eyebrows still raised, Telyanin handed him the purse.

He was being conveyed in a caleche with a raised hood, and was quite covered by an apron.

Almost at the head of the line she could see the raised hood of Prince Andrew's caleche.

Normally it was a raised area, dark pink, but now it looked red and angry.

That's how I was raised.

Her sandals raised little puffs of dust every time she put a foot down in the soft dirt.

Her words trailed off at his raised brows.

Pierre was unfazed by his raised voice and continued playing a game on his phone.

She raised a hand to slap him again, but he grabbed her.

Her intent gaze was inquisitive, her eyebrows raised in a silent question.

Cynthia raised her eyebrows, but Fred ignored the query.

Alex raised a brow at Carmen and she smiled.

The music room had raised panel cherry walls and a coffered ceiling with intricately carved beams.