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raising

'reiziŋ5 senses · 237 ms
Level B2
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verb/ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of raiseform-ofgerundparticiple

noun/ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/
  1. 1

    Elevation.countableuncountable

  2. 2

    Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.countableuncountable

    • cattle raising
  3. 3

    Recruitment.countableuncountable

  4. 4

    Collection or gathering, especially of money.countableuncountable

  5. 5

    The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.UScountableuncountable

    • to help at a raising
  6. 6

    The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.countableuncountable

  7. 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.countableuncountable

  8. 8

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

  9. 9

    The substance used to make bread rise.countableuncountable

  10. 10

    The process of deepening colours in dyeing.countableuncountable

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