Raising — synonyms, raising antonyms, definition

1. raising (Adjective)

raising (Adjective) — Increasing in quantity or value. ex. "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"

2. raising (Noun)

breeding bringing up elevation fosterage fostering lift nurture rearing upbringing

raising (Noun) — The event of something being raised upward. ex. "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"

raising (Noun) — The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child.

raising (Noun) — Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community. ex. "they debated whether nature or raising was more important"

acculturation ascension ascent enculturation rise rising socialisation socialization upbringing

3. raising (Verb)

advancing arousing calling down calling forth conjuring conjuring up elevating eliciting enhancing enkindling erecting evoking farming firing getting up growing heightening increasing invoking kicking upstairs • • • leveling lowering

raising (Verb) — Increase the level or amount of something. ex. "raise my salary" ex. "raise the price of bread"

raising (Verb) — Take from a lower to a higher position. ex. "Raise your hands"

raising (Verb) — Cause to be heard or known; express or utter. ex. "raise a shout" ex. "raise a protest" ex. "raise a sad cry"

raising (Verb) — Collect funds for a specific purpose. ex. "The President raised several million dollars for his college"

raising (Verb) — (farming) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques. ex. "We raise hogs here"

raising (Verb) — Provide for and care for during childhood. ex. "raise a family"

raising (Verb) — Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. ex. "raise the spectre of unemployment"

raising (Verb) — Cause to move upwards. ex. "raise one's eyes"

raising (Verb) — (construction) Construct, build. ex. "Raise a barn"

raising (Verb) — Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). ex. "raise a smile"

raising (Verb) — Create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise. ex. "raise hell" ex. "raise the roof" ex. "raise Cain"

raising (Verb) — Increase in condition, wealth, quality of life, etc.. ex. "The new law raised many people from poverty"

raising (Verb) — Add something extra to make more intense or better. ex. "This will raise your enjoyment"

raising (Verb) — Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.

raising (Verb) — Cause to puff up with a leaven.

raising (Verb) — (bridge) bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level.

raising (Verb) — (card game) bet more than the previous player.

raising (Verb) — Cause to assemble or enlist in the military. ex. "raise an army"

raising (Verb) — Put forward for consideration or discussion. ex. "raise the question of promotions"

raising (Verb) — Pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth. ex. "raise your 'o'"

raising (Verb) — Activate or stir up. ex. "raise a mutiny"

raising (Verb) — (radio) establish radio communications with. ex. "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"

raising (Verb) — (arithmetic) multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3.

raising (Verb) — Bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project. ex. "raised edges"

raising (Verb) — Invigorate or heighten. ex. "raise my spirits"

raising (Verb) — Put an end to. ex. "raise a siege"

raising (Verb) — Cause to become alive again. ex. "raise from the dead"

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