raise
raise is a valid 5-letter word worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
What does raise mean?
Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).
“raise a smile”
Put an end to.
“raise a siege”
Put forward for consideration or discussion.
“raise the question of promotions”
Raise from a lower to a higher position.
Move upwards.
Increase.
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques.
“We raise hogs here”
Construct, build, or erect.
Raise in rank or condition.
Look after a child until it is an adult.
“raise a family”
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
“raise the specter of unemployment”
Activate or stir up.
“raise a mutiny”
Bet more than the previous player.
Bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level.
Bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project.
“raised edges”
Cause to be heard or known; express or utter.
“raise a shout”
“raise a protest”
Collect funds for a specific purpose.
“The President raised several million dollars for his college”
Create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise.
“raise hell”
“raise the roof”
Establish radio communications with.
“They managed to raise Hanoi last night”
Multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3.
Cause to become alive again.
“raise from the dead”
Pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth.
“raise your `o'”
Raise the level or amount of something.
“raise my salary”
“raise the price of bread”
Cause to puff up with a leaven.
Invigorate or heighten.
Cause to assemble or enlist in the military.
“raise an army”
An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
Increasing the size of a bet (as in poker).
“I'll see your raise and double it”
The act of raising something.
“fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up”