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raised

/ɹeɪzd/

raised is the simple past and past participle of raise.

Adjective

raised

  1. Embossed, in relief.
    • The colour finish is the latest Southern green, with gold lines, with the name Channel Packet in raised lettering on a red background on a cast brass ring, surrounding a replica of the house flag of the S.R. fleet in vitreous enamel in the centre.1941 April, “British Locomotive Developments”, in Railway Magazine, pages 173, 175
  2. Leavened, especially with yeast.
    • raised dough

Meaning of raise

Verb

raise (third-person singular simple present raises, present participle raising, simple past and past participle raised)

  1. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
    • to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
    1. (physical) To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
      • to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
    2. (physical) To cause something to come to the surface of water.
      • The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
    3. (physical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
      • to raise Sandy Hook light
    4. (physical) To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
    5. (figuratively, physical) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
      • The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!

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Words formed from raised

Phrases with raised

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Words that rhyme with raised

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Questions about raised

What does raised mean?
Raised means embossed, in relief.
What is raised the simple past and past participle of?
Raised is the simple past and past participle of raise.
What part of speech is raised?
Raised is an adjective.
How do you pronounce raised?
Raised is pronounced /ɹeɪzd/.

Words near raised in the dictionary

  1. raise to the ermine
  2. raise to the purple
  3. raise unshirted hell
  4. raise up
  5. raiseable
  6. raised
  7. raised a finger
  8. raised a flag
  9. raised a red flag
  10. raised a stink
  11. raised an eyebrow

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