Raising

n.	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.
	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. Raising hammer a hammer with a rounded face, used in raising sheet metal. - W. Irving. Raising plate (Carp.) the plate, or longitudinal timber, on which a roof is raised and rests.

Noun	1.	raising - the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" Synonyms: elevation, lift
	2.	raising - the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child Synonyms: nurture, rearing
	3.	raising - raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" Synonyms: bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, rearing, upbringing, breeding
Adj.	1.	raising - increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"

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