raise the dead (English, verb)
expansion: raise the dead (third-person singular simple present raises the dead, present participle raising the dead, simple past and past participle raised the dead)
Senses:
glosses: To resurrect a dead person, or dead people in general; to reanimate the corpse of someone, rendering them undead.
tags: literally
raw_tags: in some belief systems or in fiction
glosses: To raise one's voice to a very high level; to be noisy or disruptive.
tags: derogatory
figuratively
slang
Forms:
form: raises the dead
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: raising the dead
tags: participle
present
form: raised the dead
tags: participle
past
form: raised the dead
tags: past