raising
Syllables: rais·ing/ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/
raising is the present participle and gerund of raise.
Noun
raising (countable and uncountable, plural raisings)
- Elevation.
- Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
- cattle raising
- Recruitment.
- Collection or gathering, especially of money.
- The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
- to help at a raising
- The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
- 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.
- Antonyms:
- lowering
- The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- The substance used to make bread rise.
- The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
- The action of placing something at a higher level.
- Contracts for the raising of 16 other bridges have been let.1957 October, “Notes and News: Manchester-Crewe Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 734
Meaning of raise
Verb
raise (third-person singular simple present raises, present participle raising, simple past and past participle raised)
- To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
- To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- to raise Sandy Hook light
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
Antonyms of raising
Forms of raising
| plural | raisings |
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Origin of raising
Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.
Words formed from raising
Phrases with raising
- raising up
- raising hob
- raising Cain
- raising cane
- raising gigs
- raising hell
- raising flags
- raising steam
- value raising
- raising a flag
- raising agents
- raising boards
34 more phrasesFewer phrases
- raising pieces
- raising plates
- raising a stink
- raising the bar
- raising a finger
- raising eyebrows
- raising the ante
- raising the dead
- raising the roof
- raising red flags
- raising the alarm
- raising the devil
- raising a red flag
- raising an eyebrow
- raising one's game
- raising one's head
- raising the stakes
- raising one's glass
- raising one's voice
- raising the specter
- raising the spectre
- raising from the dead
- raising to the ermine
- raising to the purple
- raising one's eyebrows
- raising someone's shag
- raising unshirted hell
- raising someone's hackles
- raising someone's spirits
- raising someone's shackles
- raising someone's consciousness
- raising oneself up by one's bootstraps
- raising the flag and seeing who salutes
- raising oneself up by one's own bootstraps
Words that rhyme with raising
Questions about raising
- What does raising mean?
- Raising means elevation.
- What is raising the present participle and gerund of?
- Raising is the present participle and gerund of raise.
- What part of speech is raising?
- Raising is a noun.
- How do you pronounce raising?
- Raising is pronounced /ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of raising?
- The plural of raising is raisings.
Words near raising in the dictionary
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