raise

[reiz] 1. verb

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

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.) hækka

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

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

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?) bera upp, leggja fram

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

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

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

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

10) (to give (a shout etc).) reka upp

11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) ná sambandi

2. noun

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

- raise someone's hopes

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