raising
/ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/noun, adjective2 syllables
Raising means: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community.
Synonyms for raising10
noun, as in helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
noun, as in the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
adjective, as in increasing in quantity or value
What does raising mean?4
noun
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community“they debated whether nature or nurture was more important”
the event of something being raised upward“an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon”
the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
adjective
increasing in quantity or value“a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with raising?8
Raising in a sentence
- The car passed by, raising a cloud of dust behind it.orcrist
- Raising a dog is like raising a child, right?CK
- Raising a dog is like raising a kid, right?CK
- The local population earns income from fishing, raising livestock, and sales of handicrafts.The_World_Factbook
- She is perceived as a promiscuous mother, unworthy of raising her daughter.ddnktr
- He is raising a big stink over a minor glitch.unknown
- He showed his disapproval by raising an eyebrow.CM
- He doesn't know the cares of raising children.unknown
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of raising
as a noun
- plural
- raisings