• Raising

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -eɪzɪŋHomophone: razing

    Verb

    raising
    1. Present participle of raise

    Full definition of raising

    Noun

    raising

    (plural raisings)
    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. (US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.to help at a raising
    6. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
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