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raisings

raisings is the plural of raising.

Meaning of raising

Noun

raising (countable and uncountable, plural raisings)

  1. Elevation.
  2. Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
    • cattle raising
  3. Recruitment.
  4. Collection or gathering, especially of money.
  5. (US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
    • to help at a raising
  6. The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.

See all 11 meanings of raising

Phrases with raisings

Questions about raisings

What is raisings the plural of?
Raisings is the plural of raising.

Words near raisings in the dictionary

  1. raising the stakes
  2. raising to the ermine
  3. raising to the purple
  4. raising unshirted hell
  5. raising up
  6. raisings
  7. raisining
  8. raisinish
  9. raisinless
  10. raisinlike
  11. raisins

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