From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
[en]; equivalent to [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en]
1. [en]
*** 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. [en] The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
6. [en] The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause .
7. [en] A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes high er 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.
**** Related terms
{{col|en|Canadian raising|consciousness-raising|don't get above your
raising|barn raising|raising sim|eyebrow-raising |fire-raising,fireraising
|fund-raising|hair raising|hair-raising|neg-raising|NEG-raising|negative
raising|net-raising|raising agent|raising board|raising gig|raising
piece|raising plate|revenue raising|self-raising|self-raising flour}}
**** Translations
[elevation]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[nurturing; cultivation]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[recruitment]
[collection or gathering, especially of money]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[setting up the frame of a building]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Middle English: [enm]
[trans-bottom]
[embossing sheet metal]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]