raising
noun
- in linguistics, the movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause
- rear or nurture
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.
- Elevation.
- Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
“cattle raising”
- Recruitment.
- Collection or gathering, especially of money.
- The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
“to help at a raising”
- The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
- 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.
- The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- The substance used to make bread rise.
- The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
- The action of placing something at a higher level.
“Contracts for the raising of 16 other bridges have been let.”
verb
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of raise