Associations to the word «Raising»

Wiktionary

RAISING, verb. Present participle of raise
RAISING, noun. Elevation.
RAISING, noun. Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity
RAISING, noun. Recruitment.
RAISING, noun. Collection or gathering, especially of money.
RAISING, noun. (US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
RAISING, noun. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
RAISING AGENT, noun. Any substance added to a food product (such as dough or batter) that makes them rise when cooked; a leavening
RAISING AGENTS, noun. Plural of raising agent

Dictionary definition

RAISING, 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".
RAISING, noun. The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child.
RAISING, noun. Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important".
RAISING, adjective. Increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King