raising
the event of something being raised upward
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,393 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,172 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the event of something being raised upward also: elevation, lift an elevation of the temperature in the afternoona raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
- the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child also: rearing, nurture
- helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community also: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, rearing they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
adjective
- increasing in quantity or value a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate
raising in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Raising herself on tiptoe, Piccolissima kept them in view.
Piccolissima · Adélaïde de Montgolfier · Chapter 1
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Then, (raising still his Mug and Voice,) 'An Old Man's weakness don't despise!
Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs · Robert Bloomfield · Chapter 1
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And raising her hand to his lips, and in a deeply agitated voice, “Farewell!” he murmured.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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In spirit she saw the heavy man incapable of raising himself, dying perhaps where he had fallen.
The Emperor — Volume 02 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1