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- English Word Raise Definition To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
- English Word Raise Definition To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
- English Word Raise Definition To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
- English Word Raise Definition To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
- English Word Raise Definition To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.
- English Word Raised Definition of Raise
- English Word Raised Definition Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work.
- English Word Raised Definition Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4.
- English Word Raiser Definition One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the verb).
- English Word Raisin Definition A grape, or a bunch of grapes.
- English Word Raisin Definition A grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat.
- English Word Raising Definition of Raise
- English Word Raising Definition The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.
- English Word Raising Definition Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising.
- English Word Raising Definition The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- English Word Raisonne Definition Arranged systematically, or according to classes or subjects; as, a catalogue raisonne. See under Catalogue.
- English Word Raivel Definition A separator.
- English Word Raj Definition Reign; rule.
- English Word Raja Definition Same as Rajah.
- English Word Rajah Definition A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts.
- English Word Rajahship Definition The office or dignity of a rajah.
- English Word Rajpoot Definition Alt. of Rajput
- English Word Rajput Definition A Hindoo of the second, or royal and military, caste; a Kshatriya; especially, an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana, in northern central India.
- English Word Rake Definition An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.
- English Word Rake Definition A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.
- English Word Rake Definition A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein.
- English Word Rake Definition To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.
- English Word Rake Definition To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.
- English Word Rake Definition To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed.
- English Word Rake Definition To search through; to scour; to ransack.