raising as a noun: - 1
- 2
- 3
as an adjective: - 1
raising
noun
1 raising
The event of something being raised upward:
— A raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity.
synonyms: elevation, lift.
Roget 307:
elevation;
raising
etc.
v.;
erection,
lift;
sublevation†,
upheaval;
sublimation,
exaltation;
prominence
etc.
(convexity)
250.
lever
etc.
633;
crane,
derrick,
windlass,
capstan,
winch;
dredge,
dredger,
dredging machine.
dumbwaiter,
elevator,
escalator,
lift.
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2 raising
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child.
synonyms: nurture, rearing.
3 raising
adjective
1 raising
Increasing in quantity or value.
Moby thesaurus: addition, adjunct, aggrandizement, ampliation, amplification, apotheosis, apprenticeship, architecture, ascent, assembly, assumption, augmentation, barmy, basic training, beatification, breaking, breeding, broadening, building, canonization, casting, composition, conditioning, construction, conversion, crafting, craftsmanship, creation, crescendo, cultivation, deification, deployment, development, devising, diastatic, discipline, dispersion, drill, drilling, elaboration, elevation, enlargement, enshrinement, enzymic, erecting, erection, escalation, exaltation, exercise, expansion, extension, extraction, fabrication, fanning out, fashioning, fermenting, fetching-up, flare, formation, forming, formulation, fostering, framing, green thumb, grooming, growing, handicraft, handiwork, harvesting, heaving up, height, hiking, housebreaking, improvement, in-service training, increase, leavening, lifting, lofting, machining, magnification, making, manual training, manufacture, manufacturing, military training, milling, mining, molding, nurture, nurturing, on-the-job training, practice, prefabrication, preparation, processing, producing, readying, rearing, refining, rehearsal, shaping, sloyd, smelting, splay, spread, spreading, standing on end, sursum corda, training, upbringing, upbuoying, upcast, upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upping, upraising, uprearing, upthrow, upthrust, vocational education, vocational training, widening, working, workmanship, yeasty ... show more.
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