raising
verb
- 1
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
“to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself”
- 2
To create, increase or develop.
“We need to raise the motivation level in the company.”
- 3
To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
“Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.”
- 4
To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
“John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.”
- 5
To exponentiate, to involute.
“Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.”
- 6
(of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- 7
(of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- 8
To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- 9
To throw (an exception).
“A division by zero will raise an exception.”
Synonyms
noun
- 1
Elevation.
- 2
Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity
- 3
Recruitment.
- 4
Collection or gathering, especially of money.
- 5
The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
“to help at a raising”
- 6
The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
- 7
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.
- 8
The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- 9
The substance used to make bread rise.
- 10
The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
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