Definitions
1.Verbpresent participle and gerund of raise
2.NounElevation.
3.NounNurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity."cattle raising"
4.NounRecruitment.
5.NounCollection or gathering, especially of money.
6.NounThe operation or work of setting up the frame of a building."to help at a raising"
7.NounThe movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
8.NounA 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.
9.NounThe operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
10.NounThe substance used to make bread rise.
11.NounThe process of deepening colours in dyeing.
12.NounThe action of placing something at a higher level.