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What does raise mean?

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Verb
  1. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
    1. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
    2. To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.
    3. (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
    4. (figuratively) To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead.
    5. (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
  2. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
    1. To collect.
    2. To bring up; to grow; to promote.
    3. To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
    4. (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
    5. To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
  3. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
  4. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
  5. (linguistics) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
  6. (linguistics) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
  7. 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.
  8. (computing) To throw (an exception).
Noun
  1. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
  2. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
  3. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
  4. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
Noun
  1. A cairn or pile of stones.
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