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backraise

backraise verb: to raise after calling in the same round.

Verb

backraise (third-person singular simple present backraises, present participle backraising, simple past and past participle backraised)

  1. To raise after calling in the same round

Noun

backraise (plural backraises)

  1. Such a raise

Forms of backraise

Verb
third-person singular presentbackraises
present participlebackraising
past participlebackraised
pastbackraised
Noun
pluralbackraises

Questions about backraise

What does backraise mean?
Backraise means to raise after calling in the same round.
What part of speech is backraise?
Backraise can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of backraise?
The past tense of backraise is backraised.

Words near backraise in the dictionary

  1. backquoted
  2. backquotes
  3. backquoting
  4. backra
  5. backradiation
  6. backraise
  7. backraised
  8. backraises
  9. backraising
  10. backras
  11. backreact

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