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RAISING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
Example:
they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
Synonyms:
breeding; bringing up; fosterage; fostering; nurture; raising; rearing; upbringing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("raising" is a kind of...):
acculturation; enculturation; socialisation; socialization (the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
Synonyms:
nurture; raising; rearing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("raising" is a kind of...):
upbringing (properties acquired during a person's formative years)
Derivation:
raise (look after a child until it is an adult)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The event of something being raised upward
Example:
a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("raising" is a kind of...):
ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)
Derivation:
raise (move upwards)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increasing in quantity or value
Example:
a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate
Classified under:
Similar:
increasing (becoming greater or larger)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb raise
Context examples:
He paused for a moment, and then, raising his voice, repeated slowly the words: "Which were extinct before the coming of man."
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
By only raising my voice, and saying any thing two or three times over, she is sure to hear; but then she is used to my voice.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
They display imagination without raising interest.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
He was devoted to Henrietta; always turning towards her; and when he spoke at all, always with the view of supporting her hopes and raising her spirits.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
He was writing and, without raising his head, coolly replied: Just as you please.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
But this animal seemed to receive my civilities with disdain, shook his head, and bent his brows, softly raising up his right fore-foot to remove my hand.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
However, raising the extra young comes at a great cost to females, so females that lay only three eggs have an advantage over those laying four, and these females become increasingly common.
(For species that mate for life, bonding behaviors provide advantages, National Science Foundation)
Slightly raising the volume of the tonal sounds had little effect on the tone sensitivity observed in the brains of two monkeys.
(Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch, National Institutes of Health)
Her tone of calm languor, for she never took the trouble of raising her voice, was always heard and attended to; and Sir Thomas came back.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
‘I should much prefer to have it so,’ said he, raising up a square, black morocco case which he had laid beside his chair.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
