raising
adjective
1. increasing in quantity or value
- a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate
Similar word(s): increasing
noun
1. the event of something being raised upward
- a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
Similar word(s): elevation, lift
Definition categories: event, ascension, ascent, rise, rising
2. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
Similar word(s): nurture, rearing
Definition categories: attribute, upbringing
3. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
Similar word(s): breeding, fosterage, fostering, nurture, rearing, upbringing
Definition categories: act, acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization
Sentences with raising as a noun:
- to help at a raising
verb
1. present participle of raise