1. (noun)elevation, lift, raising the event of something being raised upward "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
2. (noun)raising, rearing, nurture the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
3. (adj)breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing helpingsomeone grow up to be an accepted member of the community "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
4. (adj)raising increasing in quantity or value "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"
Definition of 'raising'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)raising the act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life
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