Synonym of the word RAISE

raise

v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
n. A cairn or pile of stones.

acclivity

n. (geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in…

actuation

n. The act of putting into motion.

advance

v. To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.
v. (obsolete) To raise; to elevate.
v. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
v. To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
v. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.
v. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
v. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.
v. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.
v. (intransitive) To move forwards, to approach.
v. (obsolete) To extol; to laud.
n. A forward move; improvement or progression.
n. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
n. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
n. (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
adj. Completed before need or a milestone event.
adj. Preceding.
adj. Forward.

advert

n. (Britain, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
v. To turn attention.
v. To call attention, refer; construed with to.

alter

v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
v. (intransitive) To become different.
v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

ameliorate

v. (transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.

amend

v. (transitive) To make better.
v. (intransitive) To become better.
v. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
v. (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

arouse

v. To stimulate feelings.
v. To sexually stimulate.
v. To wake from sleep or stupor.

articulate

adj. clear, effective.
adj. especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner.
adj. able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals.
adj. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
adj. (obsolete, of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
n. (zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
v. To make clear or effective.
v. To speak clearly; to enunciate.
v. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
v. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
v. (music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
v. (anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints.
v. (obsolete) To treat or make terms.

ascent

n. The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
n. The way or means by which one ascends.
n. An eminence, hill, or high place.
n. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising…
n. (typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
n. An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy.

assign

v. (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
v. (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.
v. (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
v. (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
v. (transitive, law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
v. (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
n. An assignee.
n. (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

bet

n. A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the…
n. A degree of certainty.
v. To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
v. To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
v. (poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the…
n. Alternative form of beth.
prep. (knitting) between.

better

adj. comparative form of good: more good.
adj. comparative form of well: more well.
adv. comparative form of well: more well.
adv. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
n. An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
v. (transitive) To improve.
v. (intransitive) To become better; to improve.
v. (transitive) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
v. (transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
v. (colloquial) Had better.
n. Alternative spelling of bettor.

bid

v. (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
v. (transitive) To invite; to summon; to pray for; to offer.
v. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
v. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
v. (transitive) To offer as a price.
v. (intransitive) To make an attempt.
v. (transitive, intransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
v. (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.
n. An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
n. (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
n. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).

build

v. (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
v. (transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
v. (transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
v. (transitive) To establish a basis for (something).
v. (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
v. (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
v. (transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
v. (intransitive, computing, of software) To be constructed by compilation of source code, usually with minimal…
n. (countable, uncountable) The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
n. (computing, countable) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release…
n. (video games, slang, countable) Any structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, created by…

call

n. A telephone conversation.
n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
n. A cry or shout.
n. A decision or judgement.
n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
n. A beckoning or summoning.
n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.).
n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
n. A pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
n. (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description…
v. (heading) To use one's voice.
v. (heading, intransitive) To visit.
v. (heading) To name, identify or describe.
v. (heading, sports) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to…

change

v. (intransitive) To become something different.
v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
v. (transitive) To replace.
v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
v. (archaic) To exchange.
v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

cite

v. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
v. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
v. To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
n. (informal) a citation.

climb

v. (intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
v. (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.
v. (transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.
v. (transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
v. (intransitive) to practise the sport of climbing.
v. (intransitive) to jump high.
v. To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
v. (botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
n. An act of climbing.
n. The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.
n. An upwards struggle.

collect

v. (transitive) To gather together; amass.
v. (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
v. (transitive) To accumulate a number of similar or related (objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
v. (transitive, now rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.).
v. (intransitive, often with on or against) To collect payments.
v. (intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.
v. (intransitive) To collect objects as a hobby.
v. (transitive) To infer; to conclude.
adj. To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
adv. With payment due from the recipient.
n. (Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook,…

compound

n. an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
n. a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
adj. composed of elements; not simple.
adj. (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
n. Anything made by combining several things.
n. (chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination elements.
n. (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by…
n. (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed…
v. (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
v. (transitive) To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
v. (transitive) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something…
v. (transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
v. (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
v. (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by…
v. (transitive, obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
v. (transitive) To worsen a situation.

conjure

v. (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
v. (transitive) To summon up using supernatural power, as a devil.
v. (intransitive) To practice black magic.
v. (transitive) To evoke.
v. (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
v. (transitive) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.
n. (African American Vernacular) A practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

construct

n. Something constructed from parts.
n. A concept or model.
n. (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or…
v. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
v. (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
v. (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric…

contact

n. The act of touching physically; being in close association.
n. The establishment of communication (with).
n. A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
n. Someone with whom one is in communication.
n. (informal) A contact lens.
n. (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
n. (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
n. (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
v. (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
v. (transitive) To establish communication with something or someone.

create

v. (transitive) To bring into existence.
v. (transitive) To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
v. (intransitive) To be creative, imaginative.
v. (transitive) To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
v. (transitive) To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or…
v. (transitive) To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent…
v. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
adj. (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.

cultivate

v. To grow plants, notably crops.
v. To nurture; to foster; to tend.
v. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

deepen

v. To make deep or deeper.
v. To make darker or more intense; to darken.
v. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree.
v. To make lower in tone.
v. To make more thorough or extensive.
v. To make more intimate.
v. To make more sound or heavy.
v. (intransitive) To become deeper.
v. (intransitive) To become darker or more intense.
v. (intransitive) To become lower in tone.
v. (intransitive) To become more thorough or extensive.
v. (intransitive) To become more intimate.
v. (intransitive) To become more sound or heavy.

delegate

n. a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
n. a representative at a conference, etc.
n. (US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
n. (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous…
v. to authorize someone to be a delegate.
v. to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate.
v. (computing, Internet) (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else…

depute

v. (obsolete) To assign (someone or something) to or for something.
v. To delegate (a task etc.) to a subordinate.
v. To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.
v. To appoint; to assign; to choose.
n. (Scotland) Deputy.

designate

adj. Designated; appointed; chosen.
v. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description;…
v. To call by a distinctive title; to name.
v. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the…

displace

v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
v. (psycology) to repress.

draft

n. (possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something…
n. (possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
n. (possibly archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
n. An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing; a preliminary sketch or outline.
n. (nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's…
n. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
n. Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
n. An amount of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) that is drunk in one swallow.
n. Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
n. A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
n. Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
n. (politics) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
n. (sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
n. (rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
n. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the…
v. (transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
v. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
v. To write a law.
v. (transitive) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
v. To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
v. (transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
v. (intransitive) To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage…
v. To draw out; to call forth. See draft.
v. To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
adj. (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.

elevate

v. (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.
v. (transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
v. (transitive) To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
v. (transitive) To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.
v. (transitive) To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.
v. (dated, colloquial, humorous) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
v. (obsolete, Latinism) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
adj. (obsolete) Elevated; raised aloft.

elicit

v. To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or…
v. To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
v. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason; deduce; construe.
adj. (obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

end

n. The initial or (especially) the terminal point of something in space or time.
n. The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
n. Death, especially miserable.
n. Result.
n. A purpose, goal, or aim.
n. (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
n. (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a…
n. (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
n. (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex.
n. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
n. One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
v. (ergative) To finish, terminate.

enhance

v. (obsolete) To lift, raise up.
v. To augment or make something greater.
v. To improve something by adding features.
v. (intransitive) To be raised up; to grow larger.
v. (radiology) To take up contrast agent (for an organ, tissue, or lesion).

enkindle

v. To kindle; to arouse or evoke.

enlist

v. (transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
v. (intransitive) To join a cause or organization, especially military service.
v. (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.
v. To secure, to obtain.

enounce

v. To say or pronounce; to enunciate.
v. To declare or proclaim.
v. To state unequivocally.

enunciate

v. (transitive) To make a definite or systematic statement of.
v. To announce, proclaim.
v. (transitive) To articulate, pronounce.
v. (intransitive) To make sounds clearly.

erect

adj. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
adj. Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly.
adj. (obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
adj. (obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
adj. Watchful; alert.
adj. (heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
v. (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
v. (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
v. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
v. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
v. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
v. (astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
v. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
v. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

evoke

v. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

express

adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
adj. (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
adj. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
adj. (retail) Being a merchant offering a smaller selection of goods than a full or complete dealer of the…
n. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
n. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
n. An express rifle.
n. (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
n. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
n. An express office.
n. That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
v. (transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
v. (transitive) To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
v. (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein.
v. (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
n. (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
n. (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction.

farm

n. (obsolete) Food; provisions; a meal.
n. (obsolete) A banquet; feast.
n. (obsolete) A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.
n. (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which…
n. (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
n. The body of farmers of public revenues.
n. The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
n. A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
n. A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising…
n. (usually in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
n. (computing) A group of coordinated servers.
v. (intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
v. (transitive) To devote (land) to farming.
v. (transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
v. To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return…
v. (obsolete) To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
v. (obsolete) To take at a certain rent or rate.
v. (video games, chiefly online gaming) To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area…

fire

n. (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon…
n. (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained…
n. (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
n. (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered a one of…
n. (countable, Britain) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
n. (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
n. (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
n. Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
n. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
n. Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
n. (countable) A button (on a joypad, joystick or similar device) usually used to make a video game character…
v. (transitive) To set (something) on fire.
v. (transitive) To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
v. (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
v. (transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct…
v. (transitive) To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse or stream of something).
v. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.
v. (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
v. (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
v. (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
v. (intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
v. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
v. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
v. To feed or serve the fire of.
v. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
v. (farriery) To cauterize.
v. (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
v. (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
adj. (slang) Amazing.
interj. A cry of distress indicating that something is on fire.
interj. A signal to shoot.

gamble

n. A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
n. A risky venture.
v. To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
v. To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
v. (transitive) To risk (something) for potential gain.
v. To interact with equipment at a casino.

grow

v. (ergative) To become bigger.
v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
v. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
v. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

heave

v. (transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
v. (transitive) To throw, cast.
v. (intransitive) To rise and fall.
v. (transitive) To utter with effort.
v. (transitive, nautical) To pull up with a rope or cable.
v. (transitive, archaic) To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or…
v. (intransitive) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
v. (transitive, mining, geology) To displace (a vein, stratum).
v. (transitive, now rare) To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
v. (transitive, intransitive, nautical) To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
v. (intransitive) To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
v. (intransitive) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
n. An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
n. An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves,…
n. A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
n. (nautical) The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time…

heighten

v. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
v. To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.

hike

n. A long walk.
n. An abrupt increase.
n. (American football) The snap of the ball to start a play.
n. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.
v. To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.
v. To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
v. (American football) To snap the ball to start a play.
v. (nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the…
v. To pull up or tug upwards sharply.

improve

v. (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
v. (intransitive) To become better.
v. (obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
v. (obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
v. (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

incite

v. To rouse, stir up or excite.

incline

v. (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
v. (intransitive) To slope.
v. To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view,…
n. A slope.

increase

v. (intransitive) (of a quantity) To become larger.
v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) larger.
v. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
v. (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
n. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
n. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
n. (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

increment

n. The action of increasing or becoming greater.
n. (heraldry) The waxing of the moon.
n. The amount of increase.
n. (rhetoric) An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever…
v. (intransitive, transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

instigate

v. To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.

intensify

v. (transitive) To render more intense.
v. (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

invoke

v. (transitive) To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
v. (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
v. (transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
v. (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
v. (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
v. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

kindle

v. (intransitive, of a rabbit or hare) To bring forth young; to give birth.
n. (rare, collective) A group of kittens.
v. (transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
v. (transitive, figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
v. (intransitive, figuratively) To begin to grow or take hold.

leaven

n. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
n. (figuratively) Anything that makes a general assimilating change in the mass.
v. (transitive) To add a leavening agent.
v. (transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.
v. (transitive, figuratively) To temper an action or decision.
v. (transitive, figuratively) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
v. To rise or become larger.

levy

v. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
v. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
v. To draft someone into military service.
v. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
v. To wage war.
v. To raise, as a siege.
v. (law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
n. The act of levying.
n. The tax, property or people so levied.
n. (US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at…

lift

n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.
v. (transitive, slang) To steal. (for this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic…
v. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
v. (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.).
v. (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
v. (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
v. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
v. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
v. (obsolete) To bear; to support.
v. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
v. (computing, programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
n. An act of lifting or raising.
n. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between…
n. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
n. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated…
n. (historical slang) A thief.
n. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
n. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
n. an improvement in mood.
n. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
n. A rise; a degree of elevation.
n. A lift gate.
n. (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or…
n. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
n. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
n. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

make

v. (transitive, heading) To create.
v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
v. To constitute.
v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
v. To appoint; to name.
v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
v. To enact; to establish.
v. To develop into; to prove to be.
v. To form or formulate in the mind.
v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
n. How a thing is made; construction.
n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
n. A person's character or disposition.
n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
n. (slang, military) A promotion.
n. A home-made project.
n. (basketball) A made basket.
n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.

meliorate

v. (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.

mention

n. A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase…
v. To make a short reference to something.
v. (philosophy, linguistics) To utter an word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as…

modify

v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

move

v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
n. The act of moving; a movement.
n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
n. The event of changing one's residence.
n. A change in strategy.
n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

multiply

v. (transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
v. (transitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication on (a number).
v. (intransitive) To grow in number.
v. (intransitive) To breed or propagate.
v. (intransitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication.
v. (transitive, rare) To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).
n. (computer science) An act or instance of multiplying.
adv. In many or multiple ways.

name

n. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
n. Reputation.
n. An abusive or insulting epithet.
n. A person (or legal person).
n. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
n. (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
n. (Britain, finance) An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
v. (transitive) To give a name to.
v. (transitive) To mention, specify.
v. (transitive) To identify as relevant or important.
v. (transitive) To publicly implicate.
v. (transitive) To designate for a role.
n. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

nurture

n. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
n. That which nourishes; food; diet.
n. The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.
v. To nourish or nurse.
v. (figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

parent

n. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
n. A surrogate mother.
n. A third person who has provided DNA samples in a IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
n. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
n. (obsolete) A relative.
n. The source or origin of something.
n. (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
n. (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
n. (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
v. To act as parent, to raise or rear.

play

v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
n. The conduct, or course of a game.
n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
n. (countable) A major move by a business.
n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

produce

v. (transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
v. (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
v. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
v. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
v. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
n. Items produced.
n. Amount produced.
n. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs,…
n. Offspring.
n. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.

promote

v. (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
v. (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell…
v. (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
v. (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to the above league.
v. (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
v. (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
v. (intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.

pronounce

v. (transitive) To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
v. (intransitive) To pass judgment.
v. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
v. (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
v. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
v. (transitive) To read aloud.

propulsion

n. Force causing movement.

prove

v. (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.
v. (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
v. (copulative) To turn out to be.
v. (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
v. (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
v. (archaic, transitive) To experience.
v. (printing, dated, transitive) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
v. simple past tense of proove.

provoke

v. (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
v. (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
v. (obsolete) To appeal.

raise

v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
n. A cairn or pile of stones.

reach

v. (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
v. (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand;…
v. (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
v. (transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something…
v. (intransitive) To strike or touch with a missile.
v. (transitive) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
v. (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
v. (transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
v. (transitive) To continue living until, or up to, a certain age.
v. (obsolete) To understand; to comprehend.
v. (obsolete) To overreach; to deceive.
v. To strain after something; to make efforts.
v. (intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from…
v. (nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
v. To experience a vomiting reflex; to gag; to retch.
n. The act of stretching or extending; extension.
n. The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
n. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management;…
n. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
n. (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
n. (boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
n. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one…
n. (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
n. (obsolete) An article to obtain an advantage.
n. The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
n. An effort to vomit; a retching.

rear

v. (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. ("Raise" is more…
v. (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise. (Less common than "raise" in American…
v. (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs.
v. (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
v. (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
v. (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
v. (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up.
v. (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To lift and take up.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To rouse; to strip up.
v. (transitive) To move; stir.
v. (transitive, of geese) To carve.
v. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life).
adj. (now chiefly dialectal) (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
adj. (chiefly US) (of meats) Rare.
adj. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost.
adv. (Britain, dialect) early; soon.
n. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
n. (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
n. (anatomy) The buttocks, a creature's bottom.
v. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
v. (transitive, vulgar, Britain) To sodomize (perform anal sex).

recruit

n. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
n. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
n. A hired worker.
n. (biology, ecology) A new member of a certain population, usually referring to a juvenile.
v. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports…
v. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster.
v. (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy lack or deficiency in.
v. (dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.
v. (biochemistry) To prompt a protein, leucocyte etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.

refer

v. (transitive) To direct the attention of.
v. (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
v. (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause,…
v. (intransitive, construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
v. (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence.
v. (computing) To address a specific location in computer memory.

resurrect

v. (transitive) To raise from the dead, to bring life back to.
v. To re-use.
v. (transitive) To bring to view or attention.

resuscitate

v. (transitive) To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
v. (intransitive) To regain consciousness.
adj. (obsolete) Restored to life.

revive

v. (intransitive) To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
v. (transitive) To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew;.
v. (transitive) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression.
v. (transitive) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
v. (transitive) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a…
v. (transitive) Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
v. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
v. (intransitive) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
v. (transitive) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state.

rise

v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
v. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
v. To begin; to develop.
v. (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
v. (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
v. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
v. To come; to offer itself.
v. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any…
n. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
n. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
n. (chiefly Britain) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
n. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
n. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
n. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it;…
n. (informal) An angry reaction.
n. Alternative form of rice (“twig”).

say

v. (transitive) To pronounce.
v. (transitive) To recite.
v. To tell, either verbally or in writing.
v. To indicate in a written form.
v. (impersonal) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate…
v. (informal, imperative) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
v. (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
v. (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension,…
n. One's stated opinion or input into a discussion or decision.
adv. For example; let us assume.
interj. (colloquial) Used to gain one's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion.
n. A type of fine cloth similar to serge.
v. To try; to assay.
n. Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
n. Tried quality; temper; proof.
n. Essay; trial; attempt.

side

n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
n. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
n. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
n. A region in a specified position with respect to something.
n. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the…
n. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.).
n. One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
n. One set of competitors in a game.
n. (Britain, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.
n. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
n. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english.
n. (Britain, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being…
n. (US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
n. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
n. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
v. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with".
v. To lean on one side.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
v. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
v. (transitive) To furnish with a siding.
adj. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
adj. Indirect; oblique; incidental.
adj. (Britain archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing;…
adj. (Scotland) Far; distant.
adv. (Britain dialectal) Widely; wide; far.

slope

n. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
n. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
n. (mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if…
n. (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
n. The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise…
n. (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
v. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
v. (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
v. (colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.
v. (military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt,…
adj. (obsolete) Sloping.
adv. (obsolete) slopingly.

stir

v. (transitive, dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
v. (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something…
v. (transitive) To agitate the content of (a container) by passing something through it.
v. (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
v. (transitive) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
v. (intransitive) To move; to change one’s position.
v. (intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
v. (intransitive) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
v. (intransitive, poetic) To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.
n. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
n. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
n. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
n. (slang) Jail; prison.

terminate

v. (transitive or intransitive, formal) To end, especially in an incomplete state.
v. (transitive, euphemistic) To kill.
v. (transitive, euphemistic) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
adj. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
adj. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
adj. (mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.

upgrade

n. An upward grade or slope.
n. An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
n. An improvement.
v. (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more…
v. (transitive) To replace with something better.
v. (transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
v. (intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
v. (intransitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher…
adv. Up a slope or grade.

upraise

v. (archaic) To raise something up; to elevate.
v. (archaic) To move something upright; to erect.

utter

adj. (now poetic, literary) Outer; furthest out, most remote.
adj. (obsolete) Outward.
adj. Absolute, unconditional, total, complete.
v. (transitive) To say.
v. (transitive) To use the voice.
v. (transitive) To make speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved.
v. (transitive) To make (a noise).
v. (law, transitive) To put counterfeit money, etc., into circulation.
adv. (obsolete) Further out; further away, outside.

verbalise

v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of verbalize.

verbalize

v. To speak or to use words to express.
v. (grammar) To adapt a word of another part of speech as a verb.

wager

n. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake;…
n. (law) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall…
n. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
v. (transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
v. (intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say.
n. Agent noun of wage; one who wages.

Synonyms of the word

raise

acclivity

actuation

advance

advert

alter

ameliorate

amend

arouse

articulate

ascent

assign

bet

better

bid

build

call

change

cite

climb

collect

compound

conjure

construct

contact

create

cultivate

deepen

delegate

depute

designate

displace

draft

elevate

elicit

end

enhance

enkindle

enlist

enounce

enunciate

erect

evoke

express

farm

fire

gamble

grow

heave

heighten

hike

improve

incite

incline

increase

increment

instigate

intensify

invoke

kindle

leaven

levy

lift

make

meliorate

mention

modify

move

multiply

name

nurture

parent

play

produce

promote

pronounce

propulsion

prove

provoke