Meaning of raise | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate
2. Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
3. A cairn or pile of stones.
4. increase
5. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect
6. A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
7. first-person singular present indicative of aumentar
8. To cause something to come to the surface of water
9. A bet that increases the previous bet.
10. To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it
11. A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
12. To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven
13. A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

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“The boss gave me a raise.”

“1944 United States. Bureau of Mines • War Minerals Report 386. Google books It was necessary to spile through the vug, as it was filled with mud. A raise was driven 55 feet to the surface in this vug for ventilation, and it was completed just as the demand for optical calcite ceased. The underground drifts were left well timbered, and mining of this deposit could be started with very little preliminary work.”

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