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Raiser and Riser Definitions

Raiser

To move to a higher position; elevate
Raised the loads with a crane.

Riser

One who rises, especially from sleep
A late riser.

Raiser

To set in an upright or erect position
Raise a flagpole.

Riser

The vertical part of a stair step.

Raiser

To erect or build
Raise a new building.
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Riser

A platform, as for elevating a group of people above a crowd, often arranged with similar platforms in tiers.

Raiser

To cause to arise, appear, or exist
The slap raised a welt.

Riser

Someone or something which rises.

Raiser

To increase in size, quantity, or worth
Raise an employee's salary.

Riser

A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.
The choir stood on risers for the performance.
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Raiser

To increase in intensity, degree, strength, or pitch
Raised his voice.

Riser

The vertical part of a step on a staircase.

Raiser

To improve in rank or dignity; promote
Raised her to management level.

Riser

(archery) The main body of a bow.

Raiser

To grow, especially in quantity; cultivate
Raise corn and soybeans.

Riser

A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to convey fluids (e.g. gas, water).

Raiser

To breed and care for to maturity
Raise cattle.

Riser

A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.

Raiser

To bring up; rear
Raise children.

Riser

A Manx cat with a showable short tail.

Raiser

To accustom to something from an early age
"a post-World War II generation raised on shopping malls and multiplex cinemas" (Gustav Niebuhr).

Riser

A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.

Raiser

To put forward for consideration
Raised an important question. See Synonyms at broach1.

Riser

A reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling.

Raiser

To voice; utter
Raise a shout.

Riser

One who rises; as, an early riser.

Raiser

To awaken; arouse
Noise that would raise the dead.

Riser

The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread.

Raiser

To stir up; instigate
Raise a revolt.

Riser

A shaft excavated from below upward.

Raiser

To bring about; provoke
Remarks intended to raise a laugh.

Riser

A person who rises (especially from bed);
He's usually a late riser

Raiser

To make contact with by radio
Couldn't raise the control tower after midnight.

Riser

A vertical pipe in a building

Raiser

To gather together; collect
Raise money from the neighbors for a charity.

Riser

Structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step

Raiser

To cause (dough) to puff up.

Raiser

To end (a siege) by withdrawing troops or forcing the enemy troops to withdraw.

Raiser

To remove or withdraw (an order).

Raiser

To increase (a poker bet).

Raiser

To bet more than (a preceding bettor in poker).

Raiser

To increase the bid of (one's bridge partner).

Raiser

(Nautical) To bring into sight by approaching nearer
Raised the Cape.

Raiser

To alter and increase fraudulently the written value of (a check, for example).

Raiser

To cough up (phlegm).

Raiser

(Scots) To make angry; enrage.

Raiser

To increase a poker bet or a bridge bid.

Raiser

The act of raising or increasing.

Raiser

An increase in salary.

Raiser

A person or thing that raises.
She is a raiser of gerbils.

Raiser

A kind of armchair with a standing-up system.

Raiser

(architecture) The upright board on the front of a step in a flight of steps.

Raiser

One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the verb).

Raiser

A bridge partner who increases the partner's bid

Raiser

Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil

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