raising

Pluralraisings (some meanings)

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of raise. Use it for the act of lifting or growing something happening now.

   They are raising money for a new school.

   Raising puppies is hard work.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The work of caring for a living thing as it grows, from birth until it is fully grown.

   Like a gardener watering and guarding a small plant until it is big.

   The raising of healthy calves takes months of careful feeding.

   Good raising gave the orphaned lambs a strong start.

   Similarupbringing, rearing

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The act of putting something into a higher position.

   Like pulling a bucket up from the bottom of a well.

   The raising of the flag marked the start of the ceremony.

   Workers managed the raising of the heavy beam with a crane.

   Similarlifting, hoisting, elevation

   Oppositelowering

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The state of being lifted up, or the height that something reaches.

   The slow raising of the ground here gives the village a fine view.

   Centuries of raising left the plateau far above the plains.

   Similarelevation, rise, uplift

   Oppositesubsidence, lowering, sinking

5. 5
   noununcountable

   The act of collecting money or gathering things together.

   The raising of funds for the hospital took two years.

   Charity raising brought in thousands for the shelter.

   Similarcollection, gathering, solicitation, accumulation

6. 6
   noununcountable

   The act of gathering people to join a group, such as an army.

   The raising of a new regiment took the colonel all spring.

   Troop raising drained the villages of their young men.

   Similarrecruitment, mobilization, enlistment, mustering, levy

   Oppositedemobilization, disbandment

7. 7
   nounUScountable or uncountable

   The work of putting up the wooden frame of a building.

   The barn raising drew every family in the township.

   Neighbors gathered for the raising of the new meeting house.

   Similarerection, construction, assembly, building

   Oppositedemolition, dismantling

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8. 8
   noununcountable

   A substance, such as yeast, that makes bread rise.

   Grandma always kept some raising on hand for her morning loaves.

   Without enough raising, the dough stayed flat and dense.

   Similarleaven, leavening, starter

9. 9
   noununcountable

   The shaping of sheet metal into hollow or raised shapes by hammering or stamping it.

   The raising of the silver bowl took the smith several days of patient hammering.

   Spinning is faster than hand raising for making identical metal cups.

10. 10
    noununcountable

    In grammar, the moving of a word from an inner part of a sentence to the main part.

    The teacher explained raising using the sentence "He seems happy."

    Raising moves "she" from the smaller clause to the front of the sentence.

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11. 11
    noununcountable

    A change in how a sound is spoken, with the tongue moving higher in the mouth.

    The raising of this vowel slowly changed how the word sounded over time.

    Many dialects show raising before certain sounds at the end of a word.

    Oppositelowering

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12. 12
    noununcountable

    Making colors deeper and richer when dyeing cloth.

    The raising of the indigo took several dips in the vat.

    Careful raising gave the wool a deep, even crimson.

    Similardeepening, intensification, darkening

    Oppositefading, lightening

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