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raise
Verb
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If you raise something you make it higher; that is you move it up.
I need to raise the car off the ground to fix it from below.
Raise your hand if you know the answer.
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If you raise children or animals, you care for them until they have grown up (become adults).
I raised the children after their mother died.
I raised my dog from a puppy.
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If you raise food (plants or animals) you grow it on a farm. This is also used for plants that are not food, like cotton or tobacco.
My grandfather raised corn and chickens.
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If you raise a number, you make it bigger.
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If you raise an idea you start talking about it.
Why did you have to raise the issue of abortion?
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If someone raises the dead they make dead people alive again.
Jesus is said to have raised the dead.
raise
Noun
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A raise is an increase in pay at work.
I have worked here long enough I should get a raise.
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In gambling, a raise is an increased bet.
boring
Adjective
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If something is boring, it is not interesting or makes you want to do something else.
Go to work, come home, sleep: life is so boring.
A boring lesson is rarely a useful lesson.
She's so boring. All she does is talk about clothes all the time.