raise

[reiz] 1. verb

1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) σηκώνω, υψώνω, ανεβάζω

2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) υψώνω, αυξάνω

3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) καλλιεργώ/ (εκ)τρέφω

4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) ανατρέφω, μεγαλώνω

5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) θίγω

6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) συγκεντρώνω

7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) προκαλώ

8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) σηκώνω

9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) χτιζω, ανεγείρω

10) (to give (a shout etc).) βγάζω (κραυγή)

11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) πιάνω, έρχομαι σε επαφή (με ασύρματο)

2. noun

(an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) αύξηση

- raise someone's hopes

- raise hell/Cain / the roof
- raise someone's spirits