raising
81raising — /ray zing/, n. Ling. a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears… …
82raising — noun a) Elevation. b) Nurturing; cultivation …
83raising — Synonyms and related words: addition, adjunct, aggrandizement, ampliation, amplification, apotheosis, apprenticeship, architecture, ascent, assembly, assumption, augmentation, barmy, basic training, beatification, breaking, breeding, broadening,… …
84raising — reɪzɪŋ n. elevating; lifting up; recruitment of funds, collecting of money reɪz n. increase in salary, wage increase v. elevate, lift; excite, arouse; cause, bring about; grow, cultivate …
85raising — arising …
86raising — The shaping of a malleable metal such as silver or gold by hammering it around a domed model generally of pitch, to extend it from a sheet to a hollow form. Also see boss, emboss, relief, repoussé, sinking, and wrought iron …
87raising — rais·ing …
88raising — The action of beating a rounded shape out of a flat panel by starting in the center and working outward in a spiral to the edge; the metal is shrunk around the edge but remains about the same in the center …
89Raising the Bar — …
90raising plate. — See wall plate (def. 1). [1670 80] * * * …
