raising

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Synonyms: rising, railing, praising, raiding, raisins, rasing, raisin, raining, braising, raisiny, reising

Antonyms: rising, railing, praising, raiding, raisins, rasing, raisin, raining, braising, raisiny, reising

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Verb

1. {{infl of|en|raise||ing-form}}

Noun

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. {{lb|en|US}} The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
6. {{lb|en|linguistics}} The movement of an [[argument]] from an [[embedded]] or [[subordinate clause]] to a [[matrix]] or [[main clause]].
7. {{lb|en|linguistics|phonetics}} A sound change in which a [[vowel]] or [[consonant]] becomes [[high]]er or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
8. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
9. The substance used to make bread rise.
10. The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
11. The action of placing something at a higher level.

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