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rainy, adj. 1. raining, pluvial, pluvious, hyetal, showery, showering, stormy; drizzly, drizzling, sprinkling, Chiefly Dial, mizzling, dripping, drippy.
2. wet, damp, moist, drenched, soaked,
raise, v. 1. elevate, lift, lift up, loft, move up, thrust up, cast up; heave, hoist, bear up; run up, raise aloft, hold up; upcast, upthrow, upheave, upthrust, uplift, upraise; jack up, jerk up, pull up, hike up, draw up, haul up; pry up, tilt up, lever, prize; fish up, dredge up, bring up.
2. set up, set upright, put back, put up; turn over, right, up-end, stand, stand up, stick up; make vertical, stand on end, put on its feet or legs.
3. rouse, stir, arouse, awaken, waken, wake; bestir, start, jostle, ruffle, shake; nudge, budge, poke.
4. build, erect, construct, put up, uprear, set up; fabricate, fashion, model, form, frame, put together.
5. activate, motivate, prompt; effect, produce, cause, occasion, start, begin, actuate; originate, give rise to, put in motion, set going, get going; establish, institute, initiate, launch, inaugurate, commence.
6. cultivate, farm, grow, till, harvest; develop, shepherd, Archaic, husband; rear, breed, hatch; parent, mother, father, bring up, nurture, nurse, foster.
7. bring up, introduce, broach, open, present; put forward, bring into question, touch on.
8. restore, bring back to life, raise from the dead; summon up, call up, invoke, conjure up; revive, resuscitate, reanimate.
9. stir up, excite, arouse, instigate, foment, foster; incite, goad, urge, fillip, spur, prompt, prod, provoke; kindle, stimulate, whet, sharpen, electrify, energize; agitate, pique, quicken, inflame, impassion. 10. animate, invigorate, vitalize; gladden, put in a good mood, cheer, cheer up, elate; hearten, encourage, revive, buoy, inspirit, Inf. give a lift, raise the spirits; enliven, exhilarate, refresh, regale. 11. advance, elevate, exalt, dignify; honor, aggrandize, ennoble, knight; prefer, promote, SI. kick upstairs; upgrade, improve, better, ameliorate, meliorate; enhance, enrich, amend, mend, reform. 12. collect, assemble, congregate, convene, bring together, gather together, convoke; muster, levy, mobilize, rally; round up, accumulate, amass, mass; scrape together, come up with, get, get together, dig up, rake up. 13. increase, advance, heighten, enlarge, extend, add to, add on; magnify, exaggerate, greaten, hyberbolize; double, redouble, strengthen, reinforce, Inf. beef up; SI. soup up, SI. hop up, key up, SI. jazz up; augment, amplify, aggravate, exacerbate, intensify, Inf. step up, accelerate; escalate, inflate, Inf. hike, boost, Inf. jack up, Inf. jump up, run up. 14. leaven, expand, rise, ferment; puff up, swell, blow up. -n. 15. increase, Inf. boost, Inf. hike, pay raise, Inf. up, salary increase,
raison d'etre, n. reason, reason for being, cause, principle, SI. the name of the game; ultimate cause, primary cause, root, source; inspiration, inducement, motive, incitement; justification, excuse, rationalization, rationale.
rake1, n. 1. hoe, trowel, spade, scraper, scuffle. -v. 2. dig, scrape, spade, hoe, break up; comb, hackle, rasp, card; harrow, weed, dibble, delve, pick; smooth, prepare, brush up.
3. gather, draw, cull, pluck, pick, garner, catch; remove, dredge, scrape up, net.
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rake in collect, gather, pull in, stack up, haul in, make a killing; mass, amass, pile up, round up, clean up.
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