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raising.

Elevation.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/
  1. Elevation.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.

    countable · uncountable
    cattle raising
  3. Recruitment.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Collection or gathering, especially of money.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.

    US · countable · uncountable
  6. The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.

    countable · uncountable
  7. A 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.

    countable · uncountable
  8. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.

    countable · uncountable
  9. The substance used to make bread rise.

    countable · uncountable
  10. The process of deepening colours in dyeing.

    countable · uncountable
  11. The action of placing something at a higher level.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.

verb/ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/
  1. present participle and gerund of raise

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.

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