mother vs raise

mother

verb
  • To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.) 

  • To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture. 

  • To develop mother. 

  • To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”). 

noun
  • A female parent, sometimes especially a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered). 

  • A female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to her child or children. 

  • The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed. 

  • A striking example. 

  • Dregs, lees; a stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air. 

  • Motherfucker. 

  • The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc. 

  • A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. 

  • A pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby. 

  • A source or origin. 

  • A locomotive which provides electrical power for a slug. 

  • A disc produced from the electrotyped master, used in manufacturing phonograph records. 

  • Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.) 

  • A female ancestor. 

  • Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community. 

  • Any person or entity which performs mothering. 

raise

verb
  • To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear. 

  • To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them. 

  • To cause something to come to the surface of water. 

  • To create, increase or develop. 

  • To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio). 

  • To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect. 

  • To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified. 

  • To open, initiate. 

  • To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property). 

  • To collect or amass. 

  • To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done. 

  • To mention (a question, issue) for discussion. 

  • To promote. 

  • To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth. 

  • To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event). 

  • To bring up; to grow. 

  • To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand. 

  • To exponentiate, to involute. 

  • To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven. 

  • To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect. 

  • To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause. 

  • To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it. 

  • To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. 

noun
  • A bet that increases the previous bet. 

  • A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward. 

  • A cairn or pile of stones. 

  • A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance. 

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