Raise
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

2 letters

UP
Raise; "up the ante"

4 letters

BUOY
Bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards

LIFE
A living person; "his heroism saved a life"

LEVY
The act of drafting into military service

STIR
A rapid active commotion

FARM
Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm"

GROW
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"

REAR
The side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

LIFT
The act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

HIKE
A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"

FIRE
The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

RISE
Rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

5 letters

PROVE
Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

EVOKE
Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

GETUP
Develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"

PUTUP
Propose as a candidate for some honor

SETUP
Get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"

HOIST
Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

BOOST
The act of giving hope or support to someone

BREED
A special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"

ERECT
Construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

HEAVE
Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

CLIMB
The act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top"

EXALT
Fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

WEIGH
Determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken"

6 letters

BUMPUP
Increase or raise; "OPEC bumped up the price of oil"

PARENT
An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

BROACH
A decorative pin worn by women

HIKEUP
Increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents"

TAKEUP
Turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"

ASCENT
The act of changing location in an upward direction

INVOKE
Cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"

LIFTUP
Take and lift upward

UPLIFT
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

AROUSE
Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

ELICIT
Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

LEAVEN
Cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"

KINDLE
Catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles"

7 letters

PROVOKE
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

UPGRADE
An upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

ADVANCE
The act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

UPRAISE
Cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"

ENHANCE
Increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"

PROMOTE
Change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent

NURTURE
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

ELEVATE
Raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

BRINGUP
Make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

CONJURE
Ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

PRODUCE
Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market

RECRUIT
Any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)

SUGGEST
Suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

8 letters

ASSEMBLE
Create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

INCREASE
The act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"

ESCALATE
Increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

CALLDOWN
Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

HEIGHTEN
Increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

WAGEHIKE
The amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"

ENKINDLE
Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

9 letters

RESURRECT
Return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"

CALLFORTH
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

ACCLIVITY
An upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

CONJUREUP
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

CULTIVATE
Foster the growth of

10 letters

SALARYHIKE

PUTFORWARD
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

12 letters

WAGEINCREASE
The amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"

KICKUPSTAIRS
Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"

14 letters

SALARYINCREASE
The amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"

15 letters

EMPLOYEESREWARD