raising

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪzɪŋ
• Homophone: razing
• Hyphenation: rais‧ing

Verb

raising

1. present participle and gerund of raise

Noun

raising (countable and uncountable, 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. (linguistics) The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
7. (linguistics, phonetics) 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.

Related terms

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

 

Translations

elevation

• Finnish: nosto (fi), nousu (fi), nostaminen (fi)
• German: Erhebung (de) f
• Middle English: reysynge

nurturing; cultivation

• Finnish: kasvatus (fi), kasvattaminen (fi)
• German: Großziehen n, Aufziehen n

recruitment — see recruitment

collection or gathering, especially of money

• Finnish: keräys (fi), kerääminen (fi)
• German: Sammlung (de) f

setting up the frame of a building

• Finnish: rungon pystyttäminen
• Middle English: reysynge

embossing sheet metal

• Finnish: pakottaminen (fi)

Anagrams

• air sign, airings, arising

Middle English

Noun

raising

1. Alternative form of reysynge