raising

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of raise

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Elevation.
2. (countable, uncountable) Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
3. (countable, uncountable) Recruitment.
4. (countable, uncountable) Collection or gathering, especially of money.
5. (US, countable, uncountable) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
6. (countable, uncountable) The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
7. (countable, uncountable) 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.
8. (countable, uncountable) The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
9. (countable, uncountable) The substance used to make bread rise.
10. (countable, uncountable) The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
11. (countable, uncountable) The action of placing something at a higher level.

raise

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• Noun
• Noun

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Synonyms

lifting

elevation

lifting up

elevating

rearing

raise

lift

breeding

bringing up

cultivation

nurture

upbringing

rise

fosterage

growth

drawing up

taking up

fostering

augmenting

training

working

culture

throwing upwards

tillage

hoist

pulling up

picking

picking up

uplift

contriving

exalting

escalation

contrivance

erection

erecting

collection

ennobling

manners

enhancing

collecting

ascension

maintenance

embossing

embarkment

closing

managing

jump

mutiny

insurrection

insurgency

Translations

innalzamento

élevage

allevamento

Zucht

élévation

culture

Erhöhung

levantamiento

relèvement

garzatura

augmentation

steigernd

aufbringend

educazione

Kultur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: reysynge

In summary

Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.

Sentences

Shakur had been effective in raising bail funds for jailed Panthers .