raisedraised /reɪzd/ adjective 
a raised platform
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- His name had been put on a bronze plaque in raised letters.
- There was a raised platform and a blackboard at the far end of the room.
- Just at that moment he saw the exit from the Westway and swung off the raised carriageway.
- Rex fiddled with the raised carvings.
- Rudolf Dreikurs maintains that talk is effective only when raised voices imply some impending action, and then only momentarily.
- The application of heat causes the ink and powder to fuse and a raised image is formed.
- Then it can be confined to a raised pool without offending the eye.
Longman Language Activatora surface that is higher than the area around it
· There was a raised platform and a blackboard at the far end of the room.· His name had been put on a bronze plaque in raised letters.
a surface that is elevated has been deliberately put in a place that is higher than everything else, for example in order to protect it or to make it easier to see: · The train runs on an elevated track above the city street.· The judge's bench is well elevated and covered by a walnut canopy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I was born and raised (=was born and grew up) in Alabama.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
higher than the surrounding area or surface: I was born and raised (=was born and grew up) in Alabama.· Shore platforms and possibly raised beach elements are also found in Lewis.· This fact must obviously be taken into account in the interpretation of raised beaches.· Coastal plains often feature long, shallow lakes, separated and aligned by raised beaches and occupying up to 90% of the terrain.
· The most popular materials for raised beds are bricks and concrete walling blocks.· He relished the coolness, the raised beds of flowers and herbs, and the elaborately carved fountains splashing in the centre.· Avoid very narrow raised beds, otherwise the thickness of the wall will look out of proportion to the planting area.· On the other side of the terrace a raised bed provides visual balance and accommodates a specimen juniper and winter flowering heathers.· The raised bed should provide at least 12 inches of soil.· Acid soil bed I wanted to make a raised bed to grown acid-loving plants in my limey soil.· You may prefer a large and simple paved terrace area, or something smaller, incorporating raised beds and a barbecue.· Suitable for rock garden, raised beds, & naturalised in front of shrubs.
· Measuring your cholesterol How do you know if you have a raised blood cholesterol level?· These include raised blood pressure and raised blood cholesterol levels.· But raised blood pressure is an early warning sign and is one of the simplest and cheapest checks that can be done.· Occasional raised blood pressure is normal; long-term high blood pressure is a killer.· Unsuitable for those with a personal of family history of strokes, heart attacks or raised blood pressure, and some diabetics.· And very often that problem is raised blood pressure.
· Liessa and the Loremaster were waiting on a raised dais at one end of the meadow.· What the tourists come to see is a raised dais of grass hemmed in by a retaining wall.· On the raised dais in front of him lay Sylvie's coffin.· There was a raised dais at one end underneath a skylight, with a sort of bed on it.· In the centre of the room there was a raised dais, and it was also roofed with gold.· The band, dressed in evening wear and sitting on a raised dais, were at the far end of the hall.· On a raised dais in front of large windows looking out on to the agricultural college gardens sat the Inspector.· There was a raised dais on one side of the square on which the Sheikh Osman sat cross-legged.
· I earn my first of these by commenting that there were a few raised eyebrows when his peerage was announced last June.· Private Boyd allowed herself a raised eyebrow as she went by.· The Bishop looked at Corbett with raised eyebrows and gestured to him to proceed.· Her ironic smile and quizzically raised eyebrows excluded the rest of the dead people.· The note of anger carried to the groups and couples passing by, provoking amusement and raised eyebrows.· Not another word, a sigh, no raised eyebrow or even an impatient puff of cigar smoke.· Hari looked at him with raised eyebrows.
· He got up petitions and raised money when you were arrested.
· At the back of the raised platform at one end of the hall was a wooden cross, about six feet high.· Beds varied in their design and some were raised platforms made out of wood or stone.· They could listen to the pipe bands and Tina liked watching the Highland dancers on the raised platform.· The use of steps or raised platforms is recommended.
· This raised questions about the methods of testing.
· In addition, several studies in diabetics have suggested that raised serum cholesterol levels are also associated with the presence of macrovascular disease.
· Both of them listened to the raised voices.· Rudolf Dreikurs maintains that talk is effective only when raised voices imply some impending action, and then only momentarily.· The sound of raised voices made him realise that in fact things were far from splendid so far as this party was concerned.· It is also emphatically given in a raised voice with direct eye-contact so that the child knows it has been warned.· Unfortunately, as she descended the stairs, she heard raised voices from the study.· Quinn could vaguely hear raised voices, principal among them being that of Zack.· Immediately, they heard raised voices and saw that the porter was engaged in an altercation with two men in trench coats.· The most spirited came from the raised voices of the Gentlemen.
a raised platform