Raises is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for RAISES in dictionary:

VERB:
• RAISE, to move to a higher position
• lift or move to a higher position or level
• lift or move to a vertical position; set upright
• construct or build (a structure)
• cause to rise or form
• bring to the surface (a ship that has sunk)
• cause (bread) to rise, especially by the action of yeast
• make (a nap) on cloth
• increase the amount, level, or strength of
• promote (someone) to a higher rank
• (in transformational grammar) move (a noun phrase) out of a subordinate clause and into a main clause under certain conditions.
• multiply a quantity to (a specified power)
• (in poker or brag) bet (a specified amount) more than (another player)
• cause to occur or to be considered
• generate (an invoice or other document)
• collect, levy, or bring together (money or resources)
• bring up (a child)
• breed or grow (animals or plants)
• bring (someone) back from death
• cause (a ghost or spirit) to appear
• abandon or force an enemy to abandon (a siege, blockade, or embargo)
• drive (an animal) from its lair
• (of someone at sea) come in sight of (land or another ship)
• establish contact with (someone) by telephone or radio
• stimulate production of (an antiserum, antibody, or other biologically active substance) against the appropriate target cell or substance
• make a higher bid in the same suit as that bid by (one's partner)
NOUN:
• an increase in salary
• (in poker or brag) an increase in a stake.
• an act of lifting or raising a part of the body while holding a weight
• a higher bid in the suit that one's partner has bid.

Words related to RAISES

raise5 raised7 raising8

Words that contain RAISES

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How to use RAISES in a sentence

• Sometimes in pulling the trigger the soldier raises the bolt handle without knowing it.
• There are times in the life of a man, when the goddess of Reasonable Impulse raises her arms above her head, and allows herself a little yawn.
• In the middle of the island the mountains separate, and a most remarkable mass of rock raises itself from the midst of them.
• He often raises merry little rows over things I want to do, but in the end he always comes round to my way of thinking and wants precisely what I want.
• Nevertheless, the examination raises no difficulty, and the seal of the green dragon declares me all in order.
• Art, thought, literature, all indeed that raises men above locality and habit, all that can justify and consolidate the Empire, is nothing to them.
• But do you collect nothing from your own reflection, which raises so many in my breast? You think it possible that I, aged as I am, may preach a sermon on your funeral.
• A man who raises 5 pounds a height of 5 feet does far more work than a man who raises 5 ounces a height of 5 inches, but the product of force by distance is 25 in each case.
• All that makes life worth living, all that raises man above the brute, and all the hope of a future life, are freely given for this poor whiskey.
• He raises his head and meets our eyes frankly and cordially.
• It raises issues of international law which can only be settled by courts and governments.
• A good farmer raises 75 bushels of corn per acre, instead of 30.
• In the best pictures he raises his little hand in benediction.
• These four books then express fairly well the different opinions and hopes with which Africa and the world problem that the continent raises have recently been regarded.
• It raises a cry, that liberty is in danger, at the very moment when it puts forth claims to powers heretofore unknown and unheard of.
• If it be but a cottage, an acre, a garden, its possession raises him, gives him self-respect, and strengthens his attachment to his native land.
• The discussion of money touches many interests, it raises many questions of a political and of an ethical nature.
• This raises the difficulty that various views are held as to the nature of knowledge.
• So narrow is this entrance that, at high water, the river completely covers the floor and often raises its waters ten or fifteen feet up the canyon side.
• This raises the question of our evidence, which is all-important.
• At once, observing it, she raises her voice ever so little, and I am awake.
• But the creation of a Chamber of Princes at this particular juncture raises very difficult issues.
• And this likewise in many places raises the price of corn.
• The possibility, again, that the Parliament at Westminster may assert its reserved authority, if it raises the fears of Irishman, may excite the hopes of English politicians.
• It raises in them a sense of their own dignity and importance as human beings, which sets them above every thing that is little and trifling, and above all idle parade and shew.

Similar words containing RAISE without suffix s

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