Raising

Quick meaning: Raising is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of raise.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of raise.

More Meanings

1. Elevation.
2. Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
3. Recruitment.
4. Collection or gathering, especially of money.
5. (US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
6. (linguistics) The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
7. (linguistics, phonetics) A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.

Example Sentences

cattle raising

to help at a raising

Contracts for the raising of 16 other bridges have been let.

Word Forms

• raisings

Synonyms for raising

Depending on context, synonyms include nurture, nurturing, lift, elevation, increasing, fostering.

Antonyms for raising

Common opposites include lowering.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lift, elevation, increasing, upbringing, rearing, fostering.

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