raising
English
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Etymology
From Middle English reisyng; equivalent to raise + -ing.
Pronunciation
Verb
raising
Noun
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
- 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.
Translations
elevation
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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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