RAISING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raising mean? 

• RAISING (noun)
  The noun RAISING has 3 senses:

1. the event of something being raised upward

2. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

3. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

  Familiarity information: RAISING used as a noun is uncommon.

• RAISING (adjective)
  The adjective RAISING has 1 sense:

1. increasing in quantity or value

  Familiarity information: RAISING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAISING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The event of something being raised upward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

elevation; lift; raising

Context example:

a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity

Hypernyms ("raising" is a kind of...):

ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)

Derivation:

raise (move upwards)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

nurture; raising; rearing

Hypernyms ("raising" is a kind of...):

upbringing (properties acquired during a person's formative years)

Derivation:

raise (look after a child until it is an adult)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

breeding; bringing up; fosterage; fostering; nurture; raising; rearing; upbringing

Context example:

they debated whether nature or nurture was more important

Hypernyms ("raising" is a kind of...):

acculturation; enculturation; socialisation; socialization (the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture)

• RAISING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Increasing in quantity or value

Context example:

a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate

Similar:

increasing (becoming greater or larger)

 Context examples 

From the top of this boulder the gleam of something bright caught my eye, and, raising my hand, I found that it came from the silver cigarette-case which he used to carry.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He has a half-smile, and a way of raising his eyebrows, for which he will be shot one of these mornings.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With few new antibiotics in development, antibiotic resistance is widely considered a serious threat to the future of modern medicine, raising the spectre of untreatable infections.

(Widely-available antibiotics could be used in the treatment of ‘superbug’ MRSA, University of Cambridge)

“How much do you know?” he asked at last, without raising his head.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My God, my God! has it come to this! and, raising himself to his knees, he beat his hands wildly together.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I don't think, Trotwood, returned Agnes, raising her soft eyes to mine, I would consider that.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Its action involves lowering the scapula and raising the ribs.

(Pectoralis Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

Alleyne, however, as active as a young deer-hound, sprang to her aid and seized her by the other arm, raising his iron-shod staff as he did so.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Utterson reflected; and then, raising his head, “If you will come with me in my cab,” he said, “I think I can take you to his house.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He was raising his arm and his voice, and plainly meant to lead a charge.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)