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Results for: "raise"

Translating from English to Polish

Translations:

raise — to cause to rise
→ podnieść pf
→ podnosić impf
raise — to bring up, to grow
→ wychować pf/of children
→ wychowywać impf
→ hodować impf/of animals
raise — increase in wages
→ podwyżka f

More translations:

raise
→ podnieść
raise
→ hodować
raise
→ wycho(wy)wać
raise
→ poruszyć
raise
→ zebrać
raise
→ wzbudzić
raise
→ wzniecać
raise
→ wznieść
raise
→ wydać
raise
→ wywołać
raise
→ podwyżka

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (4)

1. the amount a salary is increased;
- Example: "he got a 3% raise"
- Example: "he got a wage hike"
[syn: raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase]

2. an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
- Example: "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
[syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade]

3. increasing the size of a bet (as in poker);
- Example: "I'll see your raise and double it"

4. the act of raising something;
- Example: "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"
- Example: "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
[syn: lift, raise, heave]


VERB (27)

1. raise the level or amount of something;
- Example: "raise my salary"
- Example: "raise the price of bread"

2. raise from a lower to a higher position;
- Example: "Raise your hands"
- Example: "Lift a load"
[syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up]

3. cause to be heard or known; express or utter;
- Example: "raise a shout"
- Example: "raise a protest"
- Example: "raise a sad cry"

4. collect funds for a specific purpose;
- Example: "The President raised several million dollars for his college"

5. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;
- Example: "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"
- Example: "They produce good ham in Parma"
- Example: "We grow wheat here"
- Example: "We raise hogs here"
[syn: grow, raise, farm, produce]

6. bring up;
- Example: "raise a family"
- Example: "bring up children"
[syn: rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent]

7. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;
- Example: "raise the specter of unemployment"
- Example: "he conjured wild birds in the air"
- Example: "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]

8. move upwards;
- Example: "lift one's eyes"
[syn: lift, raise]

9. construct, build, or erect;
- Example: "Raise a barn"
[syn: raise, erect, rear, set up, put up]

10. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);
- Example: "arouse pity"
- Example: "raise a smile"
- Example: "evoke sympathy"
[syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke]

11. create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise;
- Example: "raise hell"
- Example: "raise the roof"
- Example: "raise Cain"

12. raise in rank or condition;
- Example: "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
[syn: lift, raise, elevate]

13. increase;
- Example: "This will enhance your enjoyment"
- Example: "heighten the tension"
[syn: enhance, heighten, raise]

14. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;
- Example: "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"
- Example: "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"
- Example: "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
[syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate]

15. cause to puff up with a leaven;
- Example: "unleavened bread"
[syn: raise, leaven, prove]

16. bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level;

17. bet more than the previous player;

18. cause to assemble or enlist in the military;
- Example: "raise an army"
- Example: "recruit new soldiers"
[syn: recruit, levy, raise]

19. put forward for consideration or discussion;
- Example: "raise the question of promotions"
- Example: "bring up an unpleasant topic"
[syn: raise, bring up]

20. pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth;
- Example: "raise your `o'"

21. activate or stir up;
- Example: "raise a mutiny"

22. establish radio communications with;
- Example: "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"

23. multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3;

24. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project;
- Example: "raised edges"

25. invigorate or heighten;
- Example: "lift my spirits"
- Example: "lift his ego"
[syn: raise, lift]

26. put an end to;
- Example: "lift a ban"
- Example: "raise a siege"
[syn: lift, raise]

27. cause to become alive again;
- Example: "raise from the dead"
- Example: "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"
- Example: "Upraising ghosts"
[syn: resurrect, raise, upraise]