Noun: raising
| Singular | raising |
| Plural | raisings |
Sample Sentences
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cattle raising
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to help at a raising
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Contracts for the raising of 16 other bridges have been let. [1957 October 26, “Notes and News: Manchester-Crewe Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 734:]
Nouns inflected like raising
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing. See: Middle English Nouns '
reysynge', Middle English Nouns '
reysynge'.