different between tug vs raise

English

Etymology

From Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *tug?n? (“to draw, tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with Middle Low German togen (“to draw”), Middle High German zogen (“to pull, tear off”), Icelandic toga (“to pull, draw”). Related to tee, tow.

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?g, IPA^(key): /t??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

tug (third-person singular simple present tugs, present participle tugging, simple past and past participle tugged)

1. (transitive) to pull or drag with great effort

   The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.

2. (transitive) to pull hard repeatedly

   He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.

3. (transitive) to tow by tugboat

Derived terms

• tug down
• tug up

Translations

Noun

tug (plural tugs)

1. A sudden powerful pull.

   • At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
2. (nautical) A tugboat.
3. (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
5. (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
6. (slang) An act of masturbation.

   He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.

Derived terms

• tug of war

Translations

Anagrams

• GUT, UTG, gut

Elfdalian

Noun

tug n

1. train

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Icelandic

Noun

tug

1. inflection of tugur:
   1. indefinite accusative singular
   2. indefinite dative singular

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

tug

1. past tense of thoir

Usage notes

• This is the dependent form, the basic form being thug.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?z, IPA^(key): /?e?z/
• Homophones: rase, rays, raze, rehs, réis, res
• Rhymes: -e?z

Etymology 1

From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijan?, *raizijan? (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *r?san? (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?rey- (“to rise, arise”). Cognate with Old English r?sian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English r?san (“to seize, carry off”), Old English r?ran (“to cause to rise, raise, rear, build, create”). Doublet of rear.

Verb

raise (third-person singular simple present raises, present participle raising, simple past and past participle raised)

1. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
   1. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
   2. To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.

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

   4. To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
   5. (figuratively) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.

   6. (military) 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.
   7. (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
2. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
   1. To collect or amass.

   2. To bring up; to grow; to promote.

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

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

   5. To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
3. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).

4. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.

5. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.

6. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
7. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
8. 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.
9. (computing) To throw (an exception).

Usage notes

• It is standard US English to raise children, and this usage has become common in all kinds of English since the 1700s. Until fairly recently, however, US teachers taught the traditional rule that one should raise crops and animals, but rear children, despite the fact that this contradicted general usage. It is therefore not surprising that some people still prefer to rear children and that this is considered correct but formal in US English. It is widespread in UK English and not considered formal.
• It is generally considered incorrect to say rear crops or (adult) animals in US English, but this expression is common in UK English.

Synonyms

• (to cause to rise): lift

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

raise (plural raises)

1. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).

   The boss gave me a raise.

2. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
3. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
4. (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.

Derived terms

• lateral raise
• leg raise

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreysi; the spelling came about under the influence of the folk etymology that derived it from the verb.

Noun

raise (plural raises)

1. A cairn or pile of stones.

Translations

Further reading

• raise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aesir, Aries, ERISA, Resia, aesir, aires, arise, reais, serai

Middle English

Noun

raise

1. Alternative form of reys