raised

adjective

Definition of raised

1 a :done in relief

b :having a nap

2 :leavened with yeast rather than with baking powder or baking soda

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Examples of raised in a Sentence

a plaque with raised lettering
due to raised levels of mercury in the water, there is a warning against eating the local shrimp

Recent Examples of raised from the Web

The raised arm of Ms. Smith’s singer echoes the tradition’s stern gesture for marking a beat.

— nancy princenthal, New York Times, "Contemporary Art Steams Up the Hudson," 24 Aug. 2017
Some of the timber had been used to make raised beds for the grow operation, the paper reported.

— mari a. schaefer, Philly.com, "Officials: Century old trees cut down for illegal 2-acre Pa. pot farm," 11 July 2017
University of Miami architecture students erected a tent on a raised wooden platform as a pilot project, but only one was built.

— jenny staletovich, miamiherald, "Everglades lodging, gone since 2005, coming back to Flamingo. Thank you for your patience.," 2 June 2017
Organic amendments can be added to heavy clay soils before planting or the hibiscus can be planted in a raised bed.

— debbie arrington, sacbee.com, "Can red hibiscus be planted in ground?," 19 May 2017
Building a raised bed wall that will outlast the Roman Coliseum really may not give me any status among neighbors.

— edward lotterman, Twin Cities, "Real World Economics: A professor’s garden of rational expectations," 8 Apr. 2017
To make a raised bed, remove the sod, add a few inches of the garden soil and compost mix, then dig to mix it with the underlying soil.

— cindy sutter, The Denver Post, "How to turn Colorado’s tough soil into gardening gold," 10 Mar. 2017
In the Gator Tech Smart House, a project at the University of Florida, architects used a raised floor and hollow crown molding (to hold wires).

— daniel mcginn, WIRED, "Home Sweet Gadget: How Our Technolust Helped Bring Down the Housing Market," 24 Dec. 2007

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First Known Use of raised

circa 1550

raised Synonyms

Synonyms

elevated, escalated, heightened, increased, jacked (up), high, up

Antonyms

down, low

Related Words

extreme, full, maximized, maximum, peaked, sky-high, utmost; inflated, over, overfilled, overflowing, overfull, overlarge, overloaded, oversize (or oversized)

Near Antonyms

decreased, depressed, dropped, knockdown [chiefly British], receded, under

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raised

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Definition of raised for English Language Learners

: higher than the surrounding area or surface

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