to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
verb To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
verb To cause something to come to the surface of water.
The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
verb To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
to raise Sandy Hook light
verb To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
verb To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
verb 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.
verb To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.