English Explanatory Dictionary

raising

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of raise
noun
  1. Elevation.
  2. Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
  3. Recruitment.
  4. Collection or gathering, especially of money.
  5. The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
  6. The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
  7. 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.
  8. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
  9. The substance used to make bread rise.
  10. The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
  11. The action of placing something at a higher level.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/ en-us-raising.ogg

Word forms

raising raisings

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.

Antonyms

lowering

Related words

barn raising Canadian raising consciousness-raising don't get above your raising eyebrow-raising fire-raising fireraising fund-raising hair raising hair-raising negative raising NEG-raising net-raising raising agent raising board raising gig raising piece raising plate raising sim revenue raising self-raising self-raising flour

Derived words

barnraising childraising cropraising fundraising hellraising houseraising stockraising
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