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")
Overview of verb raise
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")
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")