Definition of raising Raising
/ɹejˈzɪŋ/ - [reyzing] - rais•ing
We found 15 definitions of raising from 5 different sources.
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What does raising mean?
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NounPlural: raisings |
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| raising - the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | ||
| rearing, nurture | ||
| upbringing properties acquired during a person's formative years | ||
| raising - helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" | ||
| breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, rearing, upbringing | ||
| enculturation, acculturation, socialisation, socialization the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | ||
| raising - the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" | ||
| elevation, lift | ||
| rising, ascent, ascension, rise an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" | ||
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| raising - increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- raising (Noun)
Elevation. - raising (Noun)
Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity. - raising (Noun)
Recruitment. - raising (Noun)
Collection or gathering, especially of money. - raising (Verb)
Present participle of raise.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- raising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Raise - raising (n.)
The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life. - raising (n.)
Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. - raising (n.)
The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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raising
a purchase, the act of disposing certain instruments, or machines, in such a manner, as that, by their mutual effects, they may produce a mechanical force sufficient to overcome the weight, or resistance of the object to which this machinery is applied.
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