raise

1. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.Examples: "to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself"; "the flag was raised"; "With the completion of the preliminary work of raising bridges on the Mauldeth Road-Wilmslow line, to accommodate overhead electrical equipment, further work has been put in hand on bridges on the London Midland Region main line between Manchester and Crewe."physical

2. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.Examples: "to raise a wall, or a heap of stones"; "I will raise forts against thee."physical

3. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.Examples: "The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk."physical

4. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.Examples: "to raise Sandy Hook light"physical

5. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.physical

6. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.Examples: "The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!"figurativelyphysical