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raised

 (rāzd)
adj.
1. Projecting from a flat background; in relief; embossed: a raised design.
2. Made light and high by yeast or other leaven.
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raised

(reɪzd)

adj.
1. fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
2. made light by the use of yeast or other ferment and not with baking powder, soda, or the like.
[1595–1605]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.raised - located or moved above the surround or above the normal position; "a raised design"; "raised eyebrows"
lowered - below the surround or below the normal position; "with lowered eyes"
2.raised - embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork"
adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
3.raised - increased in amount or degree; "raised temperature"
increased - made greater in size or amount or degree
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raised

adjective
1. Being positioned above a given level:
2. Directed or pointed upward:
3. Abnormally increased, especially in intensity:
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Translations

raised

[reɪzd] ADJ [platform] → elevado; [temperature, blood pressure, level] → alto, elevado; [voice] → exaltado; (= in relief) → en relieve
I could hear raised voices in the next roomoía voces exaltadas en la habitación de al lado
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raised

adj armangehoben; voiceerhoben, laut; raised type (Typ) → erhabener Druck ? eyebrow
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References in classic literature ?
Some one raised a cry: "Tardos Mors is dead--a thousand years to John Carter, Jeddak of Helium." As I heard that and saw the ugly attitude of the men of Helium toward the soldiers of Zat Arras, I knew that only a miracle could avert a clash that would end in civil war.
When armies are once raised what shall be denominated "keeping them up," contrary to the sense of the Constitution?
It cost Campbell likewise nine hundred to remain and draw cards, but to the surprise of all he saw the nine hundred and raised another thousand.
He was horror stricken at the thought of a woman smoking and trembled also to think that his eyes, just raised from the pages of the book of God, had looked upon the bare shoulders and white throat of a woman.
Every time he got money he got drunk; and every time he got drunk he raised Cain around town; and every time he raised Cain he got jailed.
"Antelope!" she whispered in my ear, and, as I raised my head, she pointed up-river.
Dolokhov lowered his head to the snow, greedily bit at it, again raised his head, adjusted himself, drew in his legs and sat up, seeking a firm center of gravity.
As he went along to the Satyr's cell, the Man raised both his hands to his mouth and kept on blowing at them.
The second was raised in Ireland, in Parsonstown Park, and belongs to Lord Rosse.
Hybrids are seldom raised by experimentalists in great numbers; and as the parent-species, or other allied hybrids, generally grow in the same garden, the visits of insects must be carefully prevented during the flowering season: hence hybrids will generally be fertilised during each generation by their own individual pollen; and I am convinced that this would be injurious to their fertility, already lessened by their hybrid origin.
The latest tenants of the Manor House had, however, with characteristic energy, set this right, and the drawbridge was not only capable of being raised, but actually was raised every evening and lowered every morning.
It was of small dimensions, with a peaked cottage roof, and not much else to be seen, the dirt being raised five feet all around as if it were a compost heap.