raise

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
2. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
3. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
4. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
5. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
6. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
7. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
8. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
9. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
10. To create, increase or develop.
11. (obsolete) To create, increase or develop.
12. To create, increase or develop.
13. To create, increase or develop.
14. To create, increase or develop.
15. To create, increase or develop.
16. To create, increase or develop.
17. To create, increase or develop.
18. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
19. To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
20. To exponentiate, to involute.
21. To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
22. To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
23. 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.
24. To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
25. To open, initiate.

Noun

1. Ellipsis of pay raise.: an increase in wages or salary.
2. A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
3. A bet that increases the previous bet.
4. A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
5. A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

Noun

A cairn or pile of stones.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɹeɪz/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”).
Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.