Definition von (1) (b) raise im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- I'll see you and raise you
- Used to accept a bet, and at the same time raise the stakes
I'll see your $20 and raise you $200.
- I'll see you and raise you
- More generally, used when someone produces or reveals something. One says this to announce they will answer by producing or revealing something of their own
I'll see your gigabyte and raise you a terabyte.
- check-raise
- A raise made by a player who checked before in the same betting round
- check-raise
- To check and then raise a bet by another player in the same betting round. Sometimes specifically prohibited by house rules
- draw raise
- A shot in which the played stone pushes a stone straight forward into the house
- lateral raise
- A shoulder exercise in which the arm is raised and lowered against resistance, such as through use of a dumbbell, cable, or resistance band
You'd never dream of doing just bench presses to build a massive chest, or only lateral raises to build up your shoulders, so you'll surely limit your overall leg development if you restrict your hamstring training to leg curls.
- raise
- An increase in wages or salary; a rise
The boss gave me a raise.
- raise
- To bring up; to grow
Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?.
- raise
- A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance
- raise
- To respond to an initial bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand
John bet, and Julie raised requiring John to put in more money.
- raise
- To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause
- raise
- A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward
- raise
- To cause to rise
Raise your hand if want to say something.
- raise
- To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property)
There should be some consideration (i.e. payment or exchange) to raise a use.
- raise
- To exponentiate, to involute
Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.
- raise
- A bet which increased the previous bet
- raise
- To collect
He raises a lot of money for charity.
- raise Cain
- To behave in a disruptive manner
I seen old Flint in the corner there, behind you; as plain as print, I seen him; and if I get the horrors, I'm a man that has lived rough, and I'll raise Cain..
- raise Cain
- To cause trouble
If those boys have been out drinking and raising Cain again tonight.
- raise a hand
- To raise one's arm and hand
- raise a hand
- To volunteer
- raise a stink
- To complain; to demand attention or remedy for a problem
If nothing happens when you ask nicely, raise a stink until something gets done.
- raise eyebrows
- To cause surprise
- raise eyebrows
- To cause mild disapproval
- raise hell
- To cause a considerable disturbance
- raise one's hand
- To dare to question
- raise one's hand
- To volunteer
- raise someone's consciousness
- To increase a person's awareness of, and often sympathy for, an issue, cause, or condition
Raised in an Old Left family, I was taught about male chauvinism and thought I knew something about it, but at the beginning of feminism's Second Wave in the 1970's, I concluded that I needed to raise my consciousness.
- raise someone's hackles
- To anger someone
Every time I hear him talk, he just raises my hackles.
- raise the bar
- To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard
Acme's new technology will raise the bar for the entire industry.
- raise the flag and see who salutes
- To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy (if any) it generates, usually as a preliminary step
Much of the discourse on and the spirit of group interaction have an improvisational flavor: we “float trial balloons” in the groups we belong to or “raise a flag and see who salutes.”.
- raise the roof
- To cause a commotion, as by boisterous celebrating or loud complaining; to make considerable noise
Jubilant Liberal supporters raised the roof of a Mississauga restaurant after incumbent Albina Guarnieri was swept back into office for her seventh term.
- raise the spectre
- to cause concern that something unfortunate might happen
- raise the stakes
- To raise the stakes of a hand of poker
With a royal flush, he decided to raise the stakes.
- raise the stakes
- to increase in significance or risk
The bank robber decided to take a hostage in order to raise the stakes.
- raise unshirted hell
- A superlative form of raise hell
- value raise
- To raise with the intention of being called in order to extract more money from a likely worse hand
- value raise
- A raise made with the intention of being called in order to extract more money from a likely worse hand
- fund-raise
- raise money for a cause or project; "We are fundraising for AIDS research"
- fund-raise
- raise money for a cause or project; "We are fundraising for AIDS research
- raise
- ) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges" multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny" cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry" pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'" put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" bet more than the previous player in bridge: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college
- raise money
- Earn or request money for a project or a charity. "The Boy Scouts are raising money to pay for a trip to China."
- raise the bar
- (deyim) Shift the goalpost
- raise the bar
- (deyim) Change the criterion (goal) of a process or competition while still in progress, in such a way that the new goal offers one side an intentional advantage or disadvantage
- raise the bar
- (deyim) Make a task a little more difficult. (As with raising the bar in high jumping or pole vaulting.)
- raise the bar
- (deyim) Move the goalpost
- raise the roof
- (deyim) Make a great deal of noise, especially by cheering
