Words starting with raiseor
Maybe these words will be useful:
- raise specification language — (language) (RSL) (RAISE = Rigorous Approach to Industrial Software Engineering). A wide-spectrum specification and design language developed by ESPRIT Project 315 at CRI A/S, Denmark. Systems may be modular, concurrent and nondeterministic. Specifications may be applicative or imperative, explicit or implicit, abstract or concrete.
- raise (or lower) the bar — raise (or lower) the standard of judgment
- raise an eyebrow — If something causes you to raise an eyebrow or to raise your eyebrows, it causes you to feel surprised or disapproving.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- raise one's glass to — to drink the health of; drink a toast to
- raise one's hat — to take one's hat briefly off one's head as a greeting or mark of respect
- raise one's voice/lower one's voice — If you raise your voice, you speak more loudly. If you lower your voice, you speak more quietly.
- raise sb's hackles/make sb's hackles rise — If something raises your hackles or makes your hackles rise, it makes you feel angry and hostile.
- raise the stakes — to increase the amount of money or valuables hazarded in a gambling game
- raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds