Thesaurus: raising

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Raise
2. n. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.
3. n. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising.
4. n. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
5. adj. increasing in quantity or value
6. n. the event of something being raised upward
7. n. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
8. n. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
9. 1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life. 2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. [U.S.] 3. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup- shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning. Raising bee, a bee for raising the frame of a building. See Bee, n., 2. [U.S.] W. Irving. -- Raising hammer, a hammer with a rounded face, used in raising sheet metal. -- Raising plate (Carp.), the plate, or longitudinal timber, on which a roof is raised and rests.
10. n:100 n. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child s. increasing in quantity or value