raising
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]raising
- present participle and gerund of raise
Noun
[edit]raising (countable and uncountable, plural raisings)
- Elevation.
- Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity
- Recruitment.
- Collection or gathering, especially of money.
- (US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
- to help at a raising
- (linguistics) The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
- (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.
- 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.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]elevation
nurturing; cultivation
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recruitment — see recruitment
collection or gathering, especially of money
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setting up the frame of a building
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embossing sheet metal
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Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]raising
- Alternative form of reysynge
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