If you raise something, you move it so that it is in a higher position.

If you raise a flag, you display it by moving it up a pole or into a high place where it can be seen.

If you raise yourself, you lift your body so that you are standing up straight, or so that you are no longer lying flat.

If you raise the rate or level of something, you increase it.

To raise the standard of something means to improve it.

If you raise your voice, you speak more loudly, usually because you are angry.

A raise is an increase in your wages or salary.

If you raise money for a charity or an institution, you ask people for money which you collect on its behalf.

If a person or company raises money that they need, they manage to get it, for example by selling their property or by borrowing.

If an event raises a particular emotion or question, it makes people feel the emotion or consider the question.

If you raise a subject, an objection, or a question, you mention it or bring it to someone's attention.

Someone who raises a child looks after it until it is grown up.

If someone raises a particular type of animal or crop, they breed that type of animal or grow that type of crop.