ERECT vs RAISE: NOUN
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- An acquisition; a getting or procuring by special effort, as of money or chattels: as, to make a raise of a hundred dollars.
- A raising or enlarging in amount; an increase or advance: as, a raise of wages; a raise of the stakes in gaming.
- A raising or lifting; removal by lifting or taking away, as of obstructions.
- Something raised, elevated, or built up; an ascent; a rise; a pile; a cairn.
- In mining, a rise; a riser; an opening at the back of a level to connect it to the level above.
- A dialectal (Scotch) preterit of rise.
- An increase in salary.
- The act of raising or increasing.
- An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- The act of raising something
- The amount a salary is increased
- Increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
ERECT vs RAISE: ADJECTIVE
- Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly.
- Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
- Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
- Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
- Watchful; alert.
- Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
- Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
- Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone.
- Being in a stiff, rigid physiological condition.
- Being in a vertical, upright position.
- Of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
- Upright in position or posture
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ERECT vs RAISE: VERB
- To cause to stand up or out.
- To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
- Cause to rise up
- Construct, build, or erect
- Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- Cause to assemble or enlist in the military
- Increase
- Move upwards
- Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- Cause to become alive again
- Raise in rank or condition
- Put an end to
- Bring up
- Cause to puff up with a leaven
- Raise from a lower to a higher position
- Create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- Construct, build, or erect
- Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic
- Raise the level or amount of something
- In bridge: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- Bet more than the previous player
- Put forward for consideration or discussion
- Pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- Cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- Activate or stir up
- Establish radio communications with
- Multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- Bring (a surface, a design, etc.) into relief and cause to project
- Invigorate or heighten
- Collect funds for a specific purpose
ERECT vs RAISE: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To rise upright.
- To increase a poker bet or a bridge bid.
- To make angry; enrage.
- To cough up (phlegm).
- To alter and increase fraudulently the written value of (a check, for example).
- To bring into sight by approaching nearer.
- To increase the bid of (one's bridge partner).
- To bet more than (a preceding bettor in poker).
- To increase (a poker bet).
- To remove or withdraw (an order).
- To end (a siege) by withdrawing troops or forcing the enemy troops to withdraw.
- To cause (dough) to puff up.
- To gather together; collect.
- To make contact with by radio.
- To bring about; provoke.
- To stir up; instigate.
- To awaken; arouse.
- To voice; utter.
- To put forward for consideration: : broach.
- To accustom to something from an early age.
- To bring up; rear.
- To breed and care for to maturity.
- To grow, especially in quantity; cultivate.
- To improve in rank or dignity; promote.
- To increase in intensity, degree, strength, or pitch.
- To increase in size, quantity, or worth.
- To cause to arise, appear, or exist.
- To erect or build.
- To set in an upright or erect position.
- To move to a higher position; elevate: : lift.
ERECT vs RAISE: TRANSITIVE VERB
- A place where large machines, as engines, are put together and adjusted.
- To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
- To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
- To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
- To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
- To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; ; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.
- To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise
- To construct (a perpendicular, for example) from or on a given base.
- To set up; establish.
- To fix in an upright position.
- To raise to a rigid or upright condition.
- To construct by assembling.
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ERECT vs RAISE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Stiff and rigid
- Of sexual organs
- To take an upright position; rise.
- 1 and Elevate. See raise.
- 2 and Construct, build, institute, establish, plant.
- To draw, as a figure, upon a base; construct, as a figure: as, to erect a horoscope; to erect a circle on a given line as a semidiameter; to erect a perpendicular to a line from a given point in the line.
- To advance or set forth; propound.
- To animate; encourage.
- To raise from a lower level or condition to a higher; elevate; exalt; lift up.
- To set up or establish; found; form; frame: as, to erect a kingdom or commonwealth; to erect a new system or theory.
- To raise, as a building; build; construct: as, to erect a house or a temple; to erect a fort.
- To raise and set in an upright or perpendicular position; set up; raise up: as, to erect a telegraph-pole or a flagstaff.
- Intent; alert.
- Hence Upright and firm; bold.
- In entomology, upright: applied to hairs, spines, etc., when they are nearly but not quite at right angles to the surface or margin on which they are situated. In this sense distinguished from perpendicular or vertical.
- In botany, vertical throughout; not spreading or declined; upright: as, an erect stem; an erect leaf or ovule.
- Specifically— In heraldry, set vertically in some unusual way: thus, a boar's head charged with the muzzle or snout uppermost, pointing to the top of the field, is said to be erect.
- Having an upright posture; standing; directed upward; raised; uplifted.
- Express or utter
- Cause to be heard or known
- Bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- Increase the level of
- Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- Look after a child until it is an adult
- To estimate as of importance; cry up; hence, to applaud; extol.
- To make higher or more elevated in state, condition, estimation, amount, or degree; cause to rise in grade, rank, or value; heighten, exalt, advance, enhance, increase, or intensify: as, to raise a man to higher office; to raise one's reputation; to raise the temperature; to raise prices; to raise the tariff.
- To elevate in position or upward reach; increase the height of; build up, fill, or embank; make higher: as, to raise a building by adding a garret or loft; to raise the bed of a road; the flood raised the river above its banks.
- To make upright or erect; cause to stand by lifting; elevate on a base or support; stand or set up: as, to raise a mast or pole; to raise the frame of a building; to raise a fallen man.
- To lift or bring up bodily in space; move to a higher place; carry or cause to be carried upward or aloft; hoist: as, to raise one's hand or head; to raise ore from a mine; to raise a flag to the masthead.
- In poker, to increase (the amount bet by any preceding player).
- (idiom) (raise the stakes) To increase one's commitment or involvement.
- (idiom) (raise eyebrows) To cause surprise or mild disapproval.
- (idiom) (Cain/the devil) /hell) To reprimand someone angrily.
- (idiom) (Cain/the devil) /hell) To behave in a rowdy or disruptive fashion.
ERECT vs RAISE: RELATED WORDS
- Statant, Straight backed, Erectile, Unbowed, Rampant, Put up, Set up, Rear, Rearing, Passant, Upright, Unbent, Standing, Vertical, Raise
- Produce, Resurrect, Enhance, Provoke, Arouse, Levy, Promote, Erect, Rise, Grow, Lift, Climb, Heighten, Hike, Elevate
ERECT vs RAISE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Stand up, Fastigiate, Erectile, Unbowed, Rampant, Put up, Set up, Rear, Rearing, Passant, Upright, Unbent, Standing, Vertical, Raise
- Recruit, Elicit, Resurrect, Enhance, Provoke, Arouse, Levy, Promote, Erect, Rise, Grow, Climb, Heighten, Hike, Elevate
ERECT vs RAISE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Corpses can get erect soon after they die.
- They would erect billboards on every street corner.
- Truth transcends all boundaries we seek to erect.
- Uber should erect barriers separating drivers from passengers.
- These birds walk erect; with a stately carriage.
- Thalli with creeping and erect filaments, ecorticate, erect filaments arising from a short cell of creeping axis that also bears an attachment rhizoid.
- They have erect ears, which I have heard that the erect ear is something associated with the Russian boar.
- The size of a soft penis (not erect) is much smaller than when it is erect.
- When first-year canes of erect and semi-erect blackberries reach 4 feet high, top them.
- Each penis measurement appointment consisted of only erect length and erect girth.
- So time goes by and they raise it.
- What can raise my risk of high cholesterol?
- Black Ridge Oil affiliate trying to raise acquisi.
- Spiritually speaking, we need to raise children every bit as much as they need us to raise them.
- Many of these tax issues raise unsettled and complex legal issues, and also involve various factual determinations, such as valuations, that raise additional uncertainties.
- Raise with a lever, try to move or raise with a prize.
- An agreement that treats the single raise of a minor suit as strong, and a double raise as preemptive.
- In such a proceeding, the garnishee may raise any legal defense that it would be entitled to raise against the judgment debtor.
- Constructive raise: by partnership agreement, a single raise of a major suit opening that shows more strength than usual.
- There are many objections that the US could raise, and will inevitably raise.
ERECT vs RAISE: QUESTIONS
- Do you need planning permission to erect a bus stop?
- Is it possible to erect the eyepiece of a telescope?
- Will you erect and build the scaffolding to my specifications?
- What does Bhagavad Gita say about holding your head erect?
- Why do rice varieties with erect panicles yield higher yields?
- Can I erect a carport or canopy under permitted development?
- Do I need planning permission to erect a signboard?
- When was Copper Point ready to erect leading lights?
- Will Vladivostok erect a giant statue of Jesus Christ?
- Is the erect-crested penguin decreasing in population?
- Where does bill to raise government revenue originate?
- Why is authority without coercion called Raise Responsibility?
- Who can raise money during the legislative session?
- Does eating cashews raise blood cholesterol levels?
- How to consciously Raise Your vibrational frequency?
- Does religious disagreement raise worries about rationality?
- Can beta sitosterol Raise Your testosterone levels?
- Will quantitative easing (QE) raise interest rates?
- Are grandparents who raise their grandchildren vulnerable?
- When did Earth Wind and fire release Raise Raise Raise?