Raising meaning : (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. To create, increase or develop. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio). To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand. To exponentiate, to involute. (of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause. (of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified. To throw (an exception). Elevation. Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity Recruitment. Collection or gathering, especially of money. The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building. The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause. A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning. The substance used to make bread rise. The process of deepening colours in dyeing.