verb

 

lift to lift something to a higher position

to raise your hand

 

increase to increase an amount or level

to raise prices/taxes

 

improve to improve something

to raise standards

 

money to collect money from other people

They're raising money for charity.

 

child to look after and educate a child until they have become an adult

Their ideas on how to raise children didn't always agree.

 

animals/crops to make an animal or crop grow

to raise chickens/sheep

 

noun

 

an increase in the amount of money that you earn

We usually get a raise at the start of a year.