raise
großziehen, aufziehen
Alice raised her two daughters alone. – Alice zog ihre beiden Töchter allein auf.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
raise (verb)transitive verb
1.
to cause or help to rise to a standing position
2.
a) - awaken arouse
b) to stir up - incite raise a rebellion
c) to flush (game) from cover
d) to recall from or as if from death
3.
a) to set upright by lifting or building - raise a monument
b) to lift up - raise your hand raise sunken treasure
c) to place higher in rank or dignity - elevate
d) - heighten invigorate raise the spirits
e) to end or suspend the operation or validity of - raise a siege
4.
to get together for a purpose - collect raise funds
5.
a) - grow cultivate raise cotton
b) to bring to maturity - rear raise a child
c) to breed and bring (an animal) to maturity
6.
a) to give rise to - provoke raise a commotion
b) to give voice to - raise a cheer
7.
to bring up for consideration or debate - raise an issue
8.
a) to increase the strength, intensity, or pitch of - don't raise your voice
b) to increase the degree of
c) to cause to rise in level or amount - raise the rent
d) (1) to increase the amount of (a poker bet)
(2) to bet more than (a previous bettor)
e) (1) to make a higher bridge bid in (a partner's suit)
(2) to increase the bid of (one's partner)
9.
to make light and porous - raise dough
10.
to cause to ascend - raise the dust
11.
to multiply (a quantity) by itself a specified number of times - raise two to the fourth power
12.
to bring in sight on the horizon by approaching - raise land
13.
a) to bring up the nap of (cloth)
b) to cause (as a blister) to form on the skin
14.
to increase the nominal value of fraudulently - raise a check
15.
to articulate (a sound) with the tongue in a higher position
16.
intransitive verb
to establish radio communication with
1.
dialect - rise
2.
to increase a bet or bid lift
1.
an act of or lifting - raising
2.
a rising stretch of road an upward grade - rise
3.
an increase in amount as
a) an increase of a bet or bid
b) an increase in wages or salary
4.
a vertical or inclined opening or passageway connecting one mine working area with another at a higher level
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
raise (noun)something added (as by growth)
SYNONYMS:
accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increment, more, plus, proliferation, raise, rise, step-up, supplement, uptickRELATED WORDS:
accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering; complement; accession, appendix, continuation, extension, uptrend, upturn; jump, run-up, spikeNEAR ANTONYMS:
deduction, subtraction1.
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
SYNONYMS:
boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack (up), lift, perk (up), pick up, take up, up, uphold, uplift, upraiseRELATED WORDS:
ascend, mount, rise; rear, upendNEAR ANTONYMS:
descend, dip, fall, pitch, plunge, slip; bear, depress, press, push; sink, submerge2.
to bring to maturity through care and education
SYNONYMS:
breed, foster, nourish, nurse, raise, rearRELATED WORDS:
father, mother; attend, care (for), cradle, cultivate, mind, minister (to), nurture, watch; discipline, educate, instruct, mentor, school, teach, train, tutor; edify, enlighten, indoctrinate; feed, provide (for), supply; advance, forward, further, promote; prepare; direct, guide, lead, shepherd, showNEAR ANTONYMS:
abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mishandle, mistreat; ignore, neglect; harm, hurt, injure3.
to bring (something volatile or intense) into being
SYNONYMS:
abet, brew, ferment, foment, instigate, pick, provoke, raise, stir (up), whip (up)RELATED WORDS:
advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote, sow, stimulate; detonate, set, set off, trigger; excite, galvanize, inflame ( enflame), inspire, motivate, rouse; activate, energize, enliven, fire, invigorate, jazz (up), liven (up), pep (up), quicken, stimulate, vitalizeNEAR ANTONYMS:
bridle, check, constrain, curb, discourage, hold, inhibit, regulate, rein (in), restrain, tame; allay, calm, quiet, settle, soothe, still, subdue, tranquilize ( tranquillize)4.
to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved)
SYNONYMS:
elicit, evoke, inspire, raiseRELATED WORDS:
drag, dredge (up), extort, extract, pull, wangle, wrest, wring; coax (out), gain, get, obtain, procure, secure; bare, disclose, discover, divulge, evince, expose, reveal, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveilNEAR ANTONYMS:
disregard, forget, ignore, miss, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over5.
to fix in an upright position
SYNONYMS:
pitch, put up, raise, rear, set up, upend, upraiseRELATED WORDS:
brace, buttress, prop (up), shore (up), support; boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack (up), lift, perk (up), pick up, up, uphold, upliftNEAR ANTONYMS:
demolish, flatten, knock down, level, raze, tear down6.
to form by putting together parts or materials
SYNONYMS:
assemble, confect, construct, erect, fabricate, make, make up, piece, put up, raise, rear, set upRELATED WORDS:
carpenter, fashion, forge, frame, hammer, handcraft, manufacture, mold, produce, shape; prefabricate; begin, coin, create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate; constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize; conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up); reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, reedify [], retrofit; jerry-build, rig (up), throw up; combine, uniteNEAR ANTONYMS:
demolish, destroy, devastate, flatten, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, ruin, ruinate, shatter, smash, wreck; blow up, explode; detach, disengage; disconnect, disjoin, disunite, divide, separate7.
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
SYNONYMS:
crop, cultivate, culture, dress, promote, raise, rear, tendRELATED WORDS:
breed, produce, propagate; plant, sow; gather, glean, harvest, reap; germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sproutNEAR ANTONYMS:
kill; dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot; cut, hay, mow8.
to make greater in size, amount, or number
SYNONYMS:
accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, multiply, pump up, raise, swell, stoke, supersize, upRELATED WORDS:
boom, jump, skyrocket, spike; bump (up), ratchet (up) rachet (up); blow up, dilate, distend, inflate; draw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch; develop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify; complement, supplement; beef (up), reinforce ( reenforce), strengthen; maximize; accumulate, amass, collect; follow up, parlayNEAR ANTONYMS:
abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten; compress, condense, constrict, contract; cut back, retrench9.
to move higher in rank or position
SYNONYMS:
advance, elevate, raise, upgradeRELATED WORDS:
forward, further; aggrandize, boost, heighten, improve, lift, uplift; commission, ennoble, knight; acclaim, applaud, celebrate, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate; eulogize, exalt, extol ( extoll), glorify, hail, honor, laud, praise, saluteNEAR ANTONYMS:
depose, dethrone, dismiss, expel, impeach, oust, overthrow, remove, unmake, unseat; demean, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, mortify, shame, take down; censure, condemn, damn, denounce, reprobate10.
to present or bring forward for discussion
SYNONYMS:
bring up, broach, moot, place, raiseRELATED WORDS:
allude (to), cite, mention, name, refer (to); offer, propose, suggest; air, express, speak (of), talk (about), vent, ventilate; interject, interrupt; debate, discuss, thrash (out over)NEAR ANTONYMS:
censor, hush (up), quiet, silence, suppress11.
to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)
SYNONYMS:
air, expound, give, look, raise, sound, state, vent, ventilate, voiceRELATED WORDS:
advertise, announce, declare, enounce, enunciate, proclaim, say; broadcast, circulate, disseminate, publish; describe, write, write up; sound off, speak out, speak up; chime in; communicate, convey, put across, put over; offer, submitNEAR ANTONYMS:
censor, restrain, restrict