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Definition of raising

adjective:

• increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate".

noun:

• the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon", "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity". Synonyms: elevation, lift.
• the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child. Synonyms: nurture, rearing.
• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important". Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, rearing, upbringing.

verb:

• raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary", "raise the price of bread". Synonyms: raise.
• raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands", "Lift a load". Synonyms: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise. Antonyms: lower.
• cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout", "raise a protest", "raise a sad cry". Synonyms: raise.
• collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college". Synonyms: raise.
• cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines", "They produce good ham in Parma", "We grow wheat here", "We raise hogs here". Synonyms: farm, grow, produce, raise.
• bring up; "raise a family", "bring up children". Synonyms: bring up, nurture, parent, raise, rear.
• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment", "he conjured wild birds in the air", "call down the spirits from the mountain". Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir.
• move upwards; "lift one's eyes". Synonyms: lift, raise.
• construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn". Synonyms: erect, put up, raise, rear, set up. Antonyms: level.
• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity", "raise a smile", "evoke sympathy". Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise.
• create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell", "raise the roof", "raise Cain". Synonyms: raise.
• raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty". Synonyms: elevate, lift, raise.
• increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment", "heighten the tension". Synonyms: enhance, heighten, raise.
• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired", "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms", "I got promoted after many years of hard work". Synonyms: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade. Antonyms: demote.
• cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread". Synonyms: leaven, prove, raise.
• bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level. Synonyms: raise.
• bet more than the previous player. Synonyms: raise.
• cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army", "recruit new soldiers". Synonyms: levy, raise, recruit.
• put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions", "bring up an unpleasant topic". Synonyms: bring up, raise.
• pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'". Synonyms: raise.
• activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny". Synonyms: raise.
• establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night". Synonyms: raise.
• multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3. Synonyms: raise.
• bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges". Synonyms: raise.
• invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits", "lift his ego". Synonyms: lift, raise.
• put an end to; "lift a ban", "raise a siege". Synonyms: lift, raise.
• cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead", "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected", "Upraising ghosts". Synonyms: raise, resurrect, upraise.

Related words

anathemise, anathemize, anger, bedamn, beshrew, bless, boost, brevet, bruise, carry, chin, cradle, curse, damn, dignify, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, ennoble, entitle, erect, exalt, excite, favor, favour, fledge, foster, fundraise, gentle, heat, heighten, hike, hoist, hurt, ignite, imprecate, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, jack, keep, leaven, levitate, lift, maledict, offend, overcome, overpower, overproduce, overtake, overwhelm, pinnacle, potentiate, prefer, prick, prove, pump, raise, rear, rekindle, shake, shame, shoulder, skid, spite, stimulate, stir, tenure, trice, underlay, untune, upset, wake, whelm, wind, wound.

Words nearby

braising, praising, raiding, railing, raining, raisin, rising.

Rhymes with

amazing, appraising, blazing, grazing, phrasing, praising, razing.