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Meaning
Verb
●
present participle
and
gerund
of raise
Noun
●
Elevation.
●
Nurturing;
cultivation
;
providing
sustenance
and
protection
for a
living thing
from
conception
to maturity
●
Recruitment.
●
Collection or
gathering
, especially of money.
●
In American English:
The
operation
or work of
setting up
the
frame
of a building.
●
In Linguistics:
The
movement
of an
argument
from an
embedded
or
subordinate clause
to a
matrix
or main
clause
.
●
In Linguistics & Phonetics:
A
sound change
in which a
vowel
or
consonant
becomes higher or
raised
,
meaning
that the
tongue
becomes more
elevated
or
positioned
closer to
the
roof of the mouth
than before.
●
The
operation
of
embossing
sheet metal
, or of
forming
it into
cup-shaped
or
hollow
articles
, by
hammering
,
stamping
, or spinning.
●
The
substance
used to make
bread
rise.
●
The process of
deepening
colours
in dyeing.
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Synonyms
Increased
Heightening
Increase
Increasing
Upbringing
Increases
Fostering
Raises
Rearing
Related
Elevating
Reducing
Boosting
Lowering
Growing
Upping
Enhancing
Creating
Improving
Expanding
Saving
Strengthening
Promoting
Giving
Generating
Placing
Feeding
Supporting
Making
Doubling
Establishment
Creation
Developing
Lifting
Funding
Maintaining
Decreasing
Inflating
Holding
Development
Cutting
Breeding
Dropping
Establishing
Growth
Addressing
Cultivation
Mobilization
Changing
Bringing
Adjusting
Keeping
Limiting
Expansion
Extending
Collecting
Putting
Promotion
More
Rhymes
Hazing
Razing
Blazing
Raising
Amazing
Praising
Dephasing
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