raising

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of raise

plural raisings

1. countableuncountableElevation.
2. countableuncountableNurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.

   cattle raising

3. countableuncountableRecruitment.
4. countableuncountableCollection or gathering, especially of money.
5. UScountableuncountableThe operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.

   to help at a raising

6. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
7. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA 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.

   Antonyms: lowering

8. countableuncountableThe operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
9. countableuncountableThe substance used to make bread rise.
10. countableuncountableThe process of deepening colours in dyeing.
11. countableuncountableThe action of placing something at a higher level.

    Contracts for the raising of 16 other bridges have been let.

    1957 October 28, “Notes and News: Manchester-Crewe Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 734