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| n. (act) | 1. charge | an impetuous rush toward someone or something.; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge" |
| ~ attack, onrush, onset, onslaught | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons).; "the attack began at dawn" |
| ~ countercharge | a retaliatory charge. |
| n. (communication) | 2. charge, complaint | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense.; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" |
| ~ criminal law | the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment. |
| ~ pleading | (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding. |
| ~ accusal, accusation | a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt. |
| ~ bill of indictment, indictment | a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense. |
| n. (possession) | 3. charge | the price charged for some article or service.; "the admission charge" |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| ~ carrying charge | charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan. |
| ~ depreciation charge | an amount periodically charged to expense or against revenue in compensation for depreciation of property. |
| ~ undercharge | a price that is too low. |
| ~ overcharge | a price that is too high. |
| ~ fare, transportation | the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance. |
| ~ fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs | a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.). |
| ~ agio, agiotage, exchange premium, premium | a fee charged for exchanging currencies. |
| ~ demurrage | a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure. |
| ~ installation charge | the charge for installing something. |
| ~ porterage | the charge for carrying burdens by porters. |
| ~ postage | the charge for mailing something. |
| ~ poundage | a charge based on weight measured in pounds. |
| ~ charge per unit, rate | amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" |
| ~ water-rate | rate per quarter for water from a public supply. |
| ~ surcharge | an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill). |
| ~ service charge, service fee | a percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for service. |
| ~ stowage | the charge for stowing goods. |
| ~ tankage | the charge for storing something in tanks. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 4. charge, electric charge | the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons.; "the battery needed a fresh charge" |
| ~ electrostatic charge | the electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field). |
| ~ positive charge | having a deficiency of electrons; having a higher electric potential. |
| ~ negative charge | having a surplus of electrons; having a lower electric potential. |
| ~ electrical phenomenon | a physical phenomenon involving electricity. |
| n. (act) | 5. care, charge, guardianship, tutelage | attention and management implying responsibility for safety.; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" |
| ~ protection | the activity of protecting someone or something.; "the witnesses demanded police protection" |
| ~ due care, ordinary care, reasonable care | the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty. |
| ~ foster care | supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home. |
| ~ great care | more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons.; "the pilot exercised great care in landing" |
| ~ providence | the guardianship and control exercised by a deity.; "divine providence" |
| ~ slight care | such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise. |
| n. (act) | 6. charge, commission, mission | a special assignment that is given to a person or group.; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" |
| ~ assignment, duty assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).; "hazardous duty" |
| ~ fool's errand | a fruitless mission. |
| ~ mission impossible | an extremely dangerous or difficult mission. |
| ~ martyr operation, sacrifice operation, suicide mission | killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself; usually accomplished with a bomb. |
| n. (person) | 7. charge | a person committed to your care.; "the teacher led her charges across the street" |
| ~ dependant, dependent | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support). |
| n. (possession) | 8. charge | financial liabilities (such as a tax).; "the charges against the estate" |
| ~ levy | a charge imposed and collected. |
| ~ revenue enhancement, tax, taxation | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government. |
| ~ liabilities | anything that is owed to someone else. |
| ~ incumbrance, encumbrance | a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage). |
| ~ assessment | an amount determined as payable.; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership" |
| n. (motive) | 9. cathexis, charge | (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object.; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge" |
| ~ depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud.; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis" |
| ~ libidinal energy | (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido. |
| n. (feeling) | 10. bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill | the swift release of a store of affective force.; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" |
| ~ excitement, exhilaration | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy.; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" |
| n. (communication) | 11. billing, charge | request for payment of a debt.; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month" |
| ~ asking, request | the verbal act of requesting. |
| ~ presentment | a document that must be accepted and paid by another person. |
| n. (communication) | 12. charge, commission, direction | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something.; "the judge's charge to the jury" |
| ~ bid, bidding, command, dictation | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something. |
| ~ misdirection | an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge. |
| n. (communication) | 13. accusation, charge | an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence.; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" |
| ~ assertion, asseveration, averment | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary). |
| ~ countercharge | a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser. |
| n. (artifact) | 14. armorial bearing, bearing, charge, heraldic bearing | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield. |
| ~ annulet, roundel | (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle.; "a hollow roundel" |
| ~ chevron | an inverted V-shaped charge. |
| ~ fleur-de-lys, fleur-de-lis | (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris. |
| ~ heraldry | emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms. |
| ~ ordinary | (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields. |
| n. (artifact) | 15. burster, bursting charge, charge, explosive charge | a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time.; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" |
| ~ explosive | a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck. |
| ~ shot | an explosive charge used in blasting. |
| ~ undercharge | an insufficient charge. |
| ~ rocket fuel, rocket propellant, rocket propellent | an explosive charge that propels a rocket. |
| v. (competition) | 16. bear down, charge | to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle.; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" |
| ~ rush | attack suddenly. |
| v. (communication) | 17. accuse, charge | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.; "he charged the director with indifference" |
| ~ blame, fault | put or pin the blame on. |
| ~ accuse, criminate, incriminate, impeach | bring an accusation against; level a charge against.; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" |
| ~ asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, denigrate, smirch, sully, smear | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.; "The journalists have defamed me!"; "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" |
| ~ indict | accuse formally of a crime. |
| v. (possession) | 18. bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| ~ account, calculate | keep an account of. |
| ~ levy, impose | impose and collect.; "levy a fine" |
| ~ tithe | exact a tithe from.; "The church was tithed" |
| ~ assess | charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine. |
| ~ undercharge | charge (someone) too little money. |
| ~ surcharge | charge an extra fee, as for a special service. |
| ~ invoice | send an bill to.; "She invoiced the company for her expenses" |
| ~ charge | enter a certain amount as a charge.; "he charged me $15" |
| v. (motion) | 19. buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear | move quickly and violently.; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" |
| ~ belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, hasten | move fast.; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
| ~ dash, scoot, scud, dart, flash, shoot | run or move very quickly or hastily.; "She dashed into the yard" |
| ~ rip | move precipitously or violently.; "The tornado ripped along the coast" |
| v. (social) | 20. appoint, charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| ~ depute, deputise, deputize | appoint as a substitute. |
| ~ name, nominate, make | charge with a function; charge to be.; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" |
| ~ authorise, empower, authorize | give or delegate power or authority to.; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" |
| ~ accredit | provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials. |
| ~ create | invest with a new title, office, or rank.; "Create one a peer" |
| v. (communication) | 21. charge, file, lodge | file a formal charge against.; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" |
| ~ accuse, criminate, incriminate, impeach | bring an accusation against; level a charge against.; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" |
| ~ impeach | charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office.; "The President was impeached" |
| v. (communication) | 22. charge | make an accusatory claim.; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased" |
| ~ claim | assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing.; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" |
| ~ tax | make a charge against or accuse.; "They taxed him failure to appear in court" |
| ~ complain | make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge.; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client" |
| v. (contact) | 23. charge | fill or load to capacity.; "charge the wagon with hay" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ charge | saturate.; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety" |
| ~ burden, burthen, weight, weight down | weight down with a load. |
| ~ freight | load with goods for transportation. |
| v. (possession) | 24. charge | enter a certain amount as a charge.; "he charged me $15" |
| ~ debit | enter as debit. |
| ~ bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| v. (possession) | 25. charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send | cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" |
| ~ transfer | move from one place to another.; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" |
| ~ hospitalise, hospitalize | admit into a hospital.; "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high" |
| v. (possession) | 26. charge, consign | give over to another for care or safekeeping.; "consign your baggage" |
| ~ pledge | give as a guarantee.; "I pledge my honor" |
| ~ hock, pawn, soak | leave as a guarantee in return for money.; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" |
| ~ check | hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping.; "Check your coat at the door" |
| ~ check | consign for shipment on a vehicle.; "check your luggage before boarding" |
| ~ entrust, intrust, confide, commit, trust | confer a trust upon.; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" |
| v. (possession) | 27. charge | pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt.; "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?" |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| v. (motion) | 28. charge | lie down on command, of hunting dogs. |
| ~ lie down, lie | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| v. (emotion) | 29. agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
| ~ hype up, psych up | get excited or stimulated.; "The children were all psyched up after the movie" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| ~ pother | make upset or troubled. |
| ~ electrify | excite suddenly and intensely.; "The news electrified us" |
| v. (creation) | 30. charge | place a heraldic bearing on.; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners" |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ paint | make a painting.; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden" |
| v. (contact) | 31. charge, load | provide (a device) with something necessary.; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| ~ recharge, reload | load anew.; "She reloaded the gun carefully" |
| v. (competition) | 32. charge, level, point | direct into a position for use.; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" |
| ~ aim, take aim, train, direct, take | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
| ~ point | be positionable in a specified manner.; "The gun points with ease" |
| v. (communication) | 33. burden, charge, saddle | impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" |
| ~ overburden | burden with too much work or responsibility. |
| ~ bear down | exert a force or cause a strain upon.; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class" |
| ~ flood out, deluge, overwhelm | charge someone with too many tasks. |
| ~ command, require | make someone do something. |
| ~ adjure | command solemnly. |
| v. (communication) | 34. charge | instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ instruct | give instructions or directions for some task.; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation" |
| v. (communication) | 35. charge | instruct or command with authority.; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem" |
| ~ instruct | give instructions or directions for some task.; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation" |
| v. (cognition) | 36. blame, charge | attribute responsibility to.; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" |
| ~ ascribe, attribute, impute, assign | attribute or credit to.; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" |
| v. (cognition) | 37. charge | set or ask for a certain price.; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage" |
| ~ set, determine | fix conclusively or authoritatively.; "set the rules" |
| v. (change) | 38. charge | cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on.; "charge a conductor" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ charge | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.; "I need to charge my car battery" |
| v. (change) | 39. charge | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.; "I need to charge my car battery" |
| ~ charge | cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on.; "charge a conductor" |
| ~ recharge | charge anew.; "recharge a battery" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (change) | 40. charge | saturate.; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety" |
| ~ impregnate, saturate | infuse or fill completely.; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" |
| ~ charge | fill or load to capacity.; "charge the wagon with hay" |
| lodge | | |
| n. (person) | 1. lodge, sir oliver joseph lodge, sir oliver lodge | English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940). |
| ~ physicist | a scientist trained in physics. |
| n. (group) | 2. club, gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society | a formal association of people with similar interests.; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" |
| ~ association | a formal organization of people or groups of people.; "he joined the Modern Language Association" |
| ~ athenaeum, atheneum | a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning. |
| ~ bookclub | a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices. |
| ~ chapter | a local branch of some fraternity or association.; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" |
| ~ chess club | a club of people to play chess. |
| ~ country club | a suburban club for recreation and socializing. |
| ~ frat, fraternity | a social club for male undergraduates. |
| ~ glee club | a club organized to sing together. |
| ~ golf club | a club of people to play golf. |
| ~ hunt club, hunt | an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport. |
| ~ investors club | a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly. |
| ~ jockey club | a club to promote and regulate horse racing. |
| ~ racket club | club for players of racket sports. |
| ~ rowing club | a club for rowers. |
| ~ slate club | a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas). |
| ~ sorority | a social club for female undergraduates. |
| ~ turnverein | a club of tumblers or gymnasts. |
| ~ boat club, yacht club | club that promotes and supports yachting and boating. |
| ~ service club | a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services. |
| ~ club member | someone who is a member of a club. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. lodge | small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener. |
| ~ gatehouse | a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence. |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. hunting lodge, lodge | a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter. |
| ~ house | a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. indian lodge, lodge | any of various Native American dwellings. |
| ~ dwelling, dwelling house, abode, domicile, habitation, home | housing that someone is living in.; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" |
| ~ hogan | a Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with the entrance facing east. |
| ~ teepee, tepee, tipi | a Native American tent; usually of conical shape. |
| ~ wickiup, wikiup | a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States. |
| ~ wigwam | a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. auberge, hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge | a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers. |
| ~ caravan inn, caravansary, caravanserai, khan | an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans. |
| ~ hotel | a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services. |
| ~ imaret | a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey. |
| ~ post house, posthouse | an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders. |
| ~ roadhouse | an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling. |
| v. (stative) | 7. lodge | be a lodger; stay temporarily.; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" |
| ~ inhabit, live, populate, dwell | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| ~ sleep over, stay over | stay overnight.; "The boy's friends were allowed to sleep over after the birthday party" |
| v. (contact) | 8. deposit, lodge, stick, wedge | put, fix, force, or implant.; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ redeposit | deposit anew.; "The water had redeposited minerals on the rocks" |
| v. (stative) | 9. accommodate, lodge | provide housing for.; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester" |
| ~ domiciliate, house, put up | provide housing for.; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" |
| ~ barrack | lodge in barracks. |
| ~ keep | supply with room and board.; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders" |
| ~ billet, canton, quarter | provide housing for (military personnel). |
| raise | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. hike, raise, rise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase | the amount a salary is increased.; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" |
| ~ increment, increase | the amount by which something increases.; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare" |
| n. (object) | 2. acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade | an upward slope or grade (as in a road).; "the car couldn't make it up the rise" |
| ~ incline, slope, side | an elevated geological formation.; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" |
| ~ uphill | the upward slope of a hill. |
| n. (act) | 3. raise | increasing the size of a bet (as in poker).; "I'll see your raise and double it" |
| ~ poker game, poker | any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand. |
| ~ gamble | a risky act or venture. |
| ~ doubling, double | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2.; "I decided his double was a bluff" |
| n. (act) | 4. heave, lift, raise | the act of raising something.; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" |
| ~ actuation, propulsion | the act of propelling. |
| v. (change) | 5. raise | raise the level or amount of something.; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread" |
| ~ increase | make bigger or more.; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" |
| ~ bump up | increase or raise.; "OPEC bumped up the price of oil" |
| v. (motion) | 6. bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise | raise from a lower to a higher position.; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
| ~ get up | cause to rise.; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M." |
| ~ jack, jack up | lift with a special device.; "jack up the car so you can change the tire" |
| ~ shoulder | lift onto one's shoulders. |
| ~ kick up | cause to rise by kicking.; "kick up dust" |
| ~ hoist, wind, lift | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help.; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" |
| ~ trice, trice up | raise with a line.; "trice a window shade" |
| ~ run up, hoist | raise.; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" |
| ~ hoist | move from one place to another by lifting.; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ pump | raise (gases or fluids) with a pump. |
| ~ levitate | cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.; "The magician levitated the woman" |
| ~ go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| ~ underlay | raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type.; "underlay the plate" |
| ~ skid | elevate onto skids. |
| ~ pinnacle | raise on or as if on a pinnacle.; "He did not want to be pinnacled" |
| ~ chin, chin up | raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar. |
| ~ leaven, prove, raise | cause to puff up with a leaven.; "unleavened bread" |
| ~ heighten | increase the height of.; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars" |
| ~ boost, hike, hike up | increase.; "The landlord hiked up the rents" |
| ~ gather up, lift up, pick up | take and lift upward. |
| ~ erect, rear | cause to rise up. |
| v. (communication) | 7. raise | cause to be heard or known; express or utter.; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry" |
| ~ give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" |
| ~ call up, bring forward | bring forward for consideration.; "The case was called up in court" |
| v. (possession) | 8. raise | collect funds for a specific purpose.; "The President raised several million dollars for his college" |
| ~ fund-raise, fund raise, fundraise | raise money for a cause or project.; "We are fundraising for AIDS research" |
| ~ collect, take in | call for and obtain payment of.; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent" |
| v. (creation) | 9. farm, grow, produce, raise | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques.; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" |
| ~ farming, husbandry, agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ carry | bear (a crop).; "this land does not carry olives" |
| ~ overproduce | produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted. |
| ~ cultivate | foster the growth of. |
| ~ keep | raise.; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees" |
| v. (social) | 10. bring up, nurture, parent, raise, rear | bring up.; "raise a family"; "bring up children" |
| ~ fledge | feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight. |
| ~ cradle | bring up from infancy. |
| ~ grow up | become an adult. |
| ~ foster | bring up under fosterage; of children. |
| v. (creation) | 11. arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" |
| ~ anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict, curse | wish harm upon; invoke evil upon.; "The bad witch cursed the child" |
| ~ bless | give a benediction to.; "The dying man blessed his son" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke | evoke or provoke to appear or occur.; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" |
| v. (motion) | 12. lift, raise | move upwards.; "lift one's eyes" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| v. (creation) | 13. erect, put up, raise, rear, set up | construct, build, or erect.; "Raise a barn" |
| ~ construction, building | the act of constructing something.; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" |
| ~ build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
| v. (emotion) | 14. arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ touch a chord, strike a chord | evoke a reaction, response, or emotion.; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord" |
| ~ ask for, invite | increase the likelihood of.; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism" |
| ~ draw | elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc..; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter" |
| ~ rekindle | arouse again.; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love" |
| ~ infatuate | arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way.; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her" |
| ~ prick | to cause a sharp emotional pain.; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" |
| ~ fire up, stir up, heat, ignite, wake, inflame | arouse or excite feelings and passions.; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ excite | arouse or elicit a feeling. |
| ~ anger | make angry.; "The news angered him" |
| ~ discomfit, discompose, untune, disconcert, upset | cause to lose one's composure. |
| ~ shame | cause to be ashamed. |
| ~ spite, bruise, injure, wound, offend, hurt | hurt the feelings of.; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" |
| ~ overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overcome, overtake | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli. |
| ~ interest | excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of. |
| v. (creation) | 15. raise | create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise.; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (change) | 16. elevate, lift, raise | raise in rank or condition.; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ dignify | raise the status of.; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer" |
| ~ exalt | raise in rank, character, or status.; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser" |
| v. (change) | 17. enhance, heighten, raise | increase.; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" |
| ~ compound, deepen, intensify, heighten | make more intense, stronger, or more marked.; "The efforts were intensified"; "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" |
| ~ potentiate | increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon).; "potentiate the drug" |
| v. (social) | 18. advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| ~ tenure | give life-time employment to.; "She was tenured after she published her book" |
| ~ bring up | promote from a lower position or rank.; "This player was brought up to the major league" |
| ~ spot promote | promote on the spot.; "Supreme Bishop Digby had been spot-promoted to Archangel" |
| ~ ennoble, gentle, entitle | give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility. |
| ~ favor, favour, prefer | promote over another.; "he favors his second daughter" |
| ~ brevet | promote somebody by brevet, in the military. |
| v. (motion) | 19. leaven, prove, raise | cause to puff up with a leaven.; "unleavened bread" |
| ~ lift, elevate, raise, get up, bring up | raise from a lower to a higher position.; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
| ~ prove, rise | increase in volume.; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room" |
| v. (competition) | 20. raise | bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level. |
| ~ bridge | any of various card games based on whist for four players. |
| ~ bid, call | make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands.; "He called his trump" |
| v. (competition) | 21. raise | bet more than the previous player. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ wager, bet, play | stake on the outcome of an issue.; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse" |
| v. (competition) | 22. levy, raise, recruit | cause to assemble or enlist in the military.; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" |
| ~ muster in, draft, enlist | engage somebody to enter the army. |
| v. (communication) | 23. bring up, raise | put forward for consideration or discussion.; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" |
| ~ cite, mention, refer, advert, name, bring up | make reference to.; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" |
| v. (communication) | 24. raise | pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth.; "raise your `o'" |
| ~ enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" |
| v. (communication) | 25. raise | activate or stir up.; "raise a mutiny" |
| ~ instigate, incite, stir up, set off | provoke or stir up.; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people" |
| v. (communication) | 26. raise | establish radio communications with.; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" |
| ~ radio, radiocommunication, wireless | medium for communication. |
| ~ contact, get hold of, get through, reach | be in or establish communication with.; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" |
| v. (cognition) | 27. raise | multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3. |
| ~ arithmetic | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. |
| ~ multiply | combine by multiplication.; "multiply 10 by 15" |
| v. (change) | 28. raise | bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project.; "raised edges" |
| ~ set off, bring out | direct attention to, as if by means of contrast.; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets" |
| v. (change) | 29. lift, raise | invigorate or heighten.; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| v. (change) | 30. lift, raise | put an end to.; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| v. (body) | 31. raise, resurrect, upraise | cause to become alive again.; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" |
| ~ resuscitate, revive | cause to regain consciousness.; "The doctors revived the comatose man" |
| ~ resurrect, uprise, rise | return from the dead.; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" |
| climb | | |
| n. (event) | 1. climb, climbing, mounting | an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.). |
| ~ rising, ascension, ascent, rise | a movement upward.; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" |
| n. (act) | 2. climb, mount | the act of climbing something.; "it was a difficult climb to the top" |
| ~ ascending, rise, ascent, ascension | the act of changing location in an upward direction. |
| ~ scaling | ascent by or as if by a ladder. |
| ~ clamber | an awkward climb.; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" |
| ~ mountain climbing, mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain. |
| ~ rock climbing | the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment). |
| v. (motion) | 3. climb, climb up, go up, mount | go upward with gradual or continuous progress.; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" |
| ~ scale | climb up by means of a ladder. |
| ~ escalade | climb up and over.; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination" |
| ~ ramp | creep up -- used especially of plants.; "The roses ramped over the wall" |
| ~ mountaineer | climb mountains for pleasure as a sport. |
| ~ go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| ~ ride | climb up on the body.; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs" |
| v. (motion) | 4. climb | move with difficulty, by grasping. |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ clamber, shin, shinny, skin, scramble, sputter, struggle | climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. |
| v. (change) | 5. climb, mount, rise, wax | go up or advance.; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" |
| ~ jump | increase suddenly and significantly.; "Prices jumped overnight" |
| ~ increase | become bigger or greater in amount.; "The amount of work increased" |
| ~ gain, advance | rise in rate or price.; "The stock market gained 24 points today" |
| v. (motion) | 6. climb | slope upward.; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" |
| ~ slope, incline, pitch | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| v. (change) | 7. climb | improve one's social status.; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" |
| ~ progress, shape up, come along, come on, get along, get on, advance | develop in a positive way.; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" |
| v. (change) | 8. climb, go up, rise | increase in value or to a higher point.; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" |
| ~ soar | go or move upward.; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced" |
| ~ bull | advance in price.; "stocks were bulling" |
| ~ grow | become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain.; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" |
| rise | | |
| n. (event) | 1. rise | a growth in strength or number or importance. |
| ~ emergence, outgrowth, growth | the gradual beginning or coming forth.; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" |
| ~ crime wave | a sudden rise in the crime rate. |
| ~ wave | something that rises rapidly.; "a wave of emotion swept over him"; "there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed"; "a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right" |
| ~ spike | a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline.; "the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor" |
| n. (act) | 2. ascending, ascension, ascent, rise | the act of changing location in an upward direction. |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ levitation | the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means. |
| ~ heave, heaving | the act of lifting something with great effort. |
| ~ mount, climb | the act of climbing something.; "it was a difficult climb to the top" |
| ~ soar, zoom | the act of rising upward into the air. |
| n. (event) | 3. ascension, ascent, rise, rising | a movement upward.; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" |
| ~ change of location, travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something. |
| ~ climbing, mounting, climb | an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.). |
| ~ elevation, raising, lift | the event of something being raised upward.; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" |
| ~ heave, heaving | an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling).; "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" |
| ~ liftoff | the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad. |
| ~ rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom | a rapid rise. |
| ~ takeoff | the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne. |
| ~ uplift, upthrow, upthrust, upheaval | (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building). |
| ~ uplifting | the rise of something.; "the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. rise, rising slope, upgrade | the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises. |
| ~ grade | the gradient of a slope or road or other surface.; "the road had a steep grade" |
| n. (event) | 5. lift, rise | a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground. |
| ~ moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). |
| n. (event) | 6. emanation, procession, rise | (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son" |
| ~ theological system, theology | a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings.; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology" |
| ~ inception, origination, origin | an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events. |
| n. (attribute) | 7. boost, cost increase, hike, rise | an increase in cost.; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates" |
| ~ increment, increase | the amount by which something increases.; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare" |
| n. (act) | 8. advance, rise | increase in price or value.; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market" |
| ~ step-up, increase | the act of increasing something.; "he gave me an increase in salary" |
| v. (motion) | 9. arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ scend, surge | rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave.; "the boats surged" |
| ~ climb, climb up, go up, mount | go upward with gradual or continuous progress.; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" |
| ~ soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom | rise rapidly.; "the dollar soared against the yen" |
| ~ go up | be erected, built, or constructed.; "New buildings are going up everywhere" |
| ~ rocket, skyrocket | shoot up abruptly, like a rocket.; "prices skyrocketed" |
| ~ bubble | rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles.; "bubble to the surface" |
| ~ uplift | lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces.; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town" |
| ~ chandelle | climb suddenly and steeply.; "The airplane chandelled" |
| ~ steam | rise as vapor. |
| ~ uprise, ascend, come up, rise | come up, of celestial bodies.; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" |
| v. (motion) | 10. arise, get up, rise, stand up, uprise | rise to one's feet.; "The audience got up and applauded" |
| ~ take the floor | stand up to dance. |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| v. (stative) | 11. lift, rear, rise | rise up.; "The building rose before them" |
| ~ appear, seem, look | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" |
| ~ hulk, tower, loom, predominate | appear very large or occupy a commanding position.; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" |
| v. (motion) | 12. come up, rise, rise up, surface | come to the surface. |
| ~ ascend, go up | travel up,.; "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" |
| ~ emerge | come up to the surface of or rise.; "He felt new emotions emerge" |
| ~ resurface | reappear on the surface. |
| ~ bubble up, intumesce | move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically.; "Gases bubbled up from the earth"; "Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America" |
| ~ well, swell | come up, as of a liquid.; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up" |
| v. (stative) | 13. arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise | come into existence; take on form or shape.; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" |
| ~ develop | be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.; "The plot developed slowly" |
| ~ become | come into existence.; "What becomes has duration" |
| ~ resurge | rise again.; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years" |
| ~ come forth, emerge | happen or occur as a result of something. |
| ~ come, follow | to be the product or result.; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" |
| ~ well up, swell | come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things).; "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" |
| ~ head | take its rise.; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas" |
| v. (motion) | 14. ascend, move up, rise | move to a better position in life or to a better job.; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (change) | 15. heighten, rise | become more extreme.; "The tension heightened" |
| ~ increase | make bigger or more.; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" |
| v. (body) | 16. arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise | get up and out of bed.; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" |
| v. (change) | 17. climb up, jump, rise | rise in rank or status.; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (emotion) | 18. rise | become heartened or elated.; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news" |
| v. (competition) | 19. rise | exert oneself to meet a challenge.; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion" |
| ~ tackle, undertake, take on | accept as a challenge.; "I'll tackle this difficult task" |
| v. (social) | 20. arise, rebel, rise, rise up | take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance. |
| ~ dissent, protest, resist | express opposition through action or words.; "dissent to the laws of the country" |
| ~ revolt | make revolution.; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again" |
| ~ mutiny | engage in a mutiny against an authority. |
| v. (motion) | 21. prove, rise | increase in volume.; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room" |
| ~ grow | become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain.; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" |
| v. (motion) | 22. ascend, come up, rise, uprise | come up, of celestial bodies.; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" |
| ~ astronomy, uranology | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. |
| ~ go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| v. (body) | 23. resurrect, rise, uprise | return from the dead.; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" |
| ~ resurrect, upraise, raise | cause to become alive again.; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" |
| ~ return | go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before.; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" |
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