raising

English

Etymology

From Middle English reisyng; equivalent to raise +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/

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

Verb

raising

1. present participle 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. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
7. The substance used to make bread rise.
8. The process of deepening colours in dyeing.

Translations

elevation

• Finnish: nosto (fi), nousu (fi), nostaminen (fi)
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nurturing; cultivation

• Finnish: kasvatus (fi), kasvattaminen (fi)
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recruitment — see recruitment

collection or gathering, especially of money

• Finnish: keräys (fi), kerääminen (fi)
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setting up the frame of a building

• Finnish: rungon pystyttäminen
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embossing sheet metal

• Finnish: pakottaminen (fi)
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Anagrams

• air sign, airings, arising