raising adj : increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"

1 the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" [syn: elevation, lift]

2 the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child [syn: rearing, nurture]

3 raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, rearing, upbringing]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪzɪŋ

  Homophone: razing

Verb

raising

Noun

1. Elevation.
2. Nurturing; cultivation.
3. Recruitment.
4. Collection or gathering, especially of money.

Raising may refer to:

• Raising (linguistics), a grammatical construction
• Raising (metalwork), a metalworking technique

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