English Words: R

A surname from German.

To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

To complain; to demand attention or remedy for a problem.

Synonym of raise hell.

Eggcorn of raise Cain.

To cause surprise.

To cause a considerable disturbance.

Synonym of raise hell.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, hand.

Synonym of rear one's head.

To speak loudly, especially in anger.

To increase a person's awareness of, and often sympathy for, an issue, cause, or condition.

To annoy or anger someone.

Misconstruction of raise someone's hackles.

To anger or annoy someone.

To build up a useful head (pressure level) of steam in a steam-engined vehicle's boiler.

To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard.

To resurrect a dead person, or dead people in general; to reanimate the corpse of someone, rendering them undead.

To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy (if any) it generates, usually as a preliminary step.

To cause a commotion, as by boisterous celebrating or loud complaining; to make considerable noise.

To cause concern that something unfortunate might happen.

To increase in significance or risk.

To ennoble; to appoint someone to the House of Lords or the judiciary.

simple past and past participle of raise

A garden that is planted in soil raised above the ground level, typically enclosed by a frame made of wood, rock, bricks, or concrete blocks.

Uncivilized, unmannered.

Synonym of high point: · or · (the Greek punctuation mark used in place of a semicolon in English).

Uncivilized, unmannered.

· (middle dot) (or sometimes . (full stop)) (the punctuation mark used as a raised decimal point in British English).

Quality of being raised.

second-person singular simple past indicative of raise

A person or thing that raises.

second-person singular simple present indicative of raise

third-person singular simple present indicative of raise

A transliteration of the Persian surname رئیسی (ra'isi)

A dried grape.

A faintly purplish or brownish shade of black, like that of raisins.

To take on the qualities of raisins

A chocolate-covered raisin, usually one of the brand of the same name.

Misconstruction of Raisinet.

present participle and gerund of raise

A piece of timber laid on a brick wall, or on a frame, to carry one or more beams.

A life simulation game in which the player acts as the custodian of a subordinate non-player character (typically a child, student, pet, etc.) and manages and develops this character's stats with the goal of achieving a specific outcome.

plural of raising

Like or characteristic of a raisin.

Without raisins.

Resembling or characteristic of a raisin.

Resembling or containing raisins.

A type of conserve made from grapes.

A state interest, especially when invoked as politically superior to moral or even legal considerations.