raising

IPA: rˈeɪzɪŋ

Elevation.
Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity
Recruitment.
Collection or gathering, especially of money.
(US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
(linguistics) The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
(linguistics, phonetics) 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.

Examples of "raising" in Sentences

Lou, I think that's what you call raising the incentive.
Talking about Palin raising money, why is she raising money?
I believe in raising good kids is the most important thing in the world.
It is exceedingly difficult to put them first in motion, which they call raising them.
I used the word "raising" earlier, because schools should be your children's other parents.
It does little to contain raising cost of health care in America, and is a giveaway to the pharmaceutical industry and the health insurance industry.
As a general example, clicking on the member's name that was primed to pop up with a Google search for the phrase "raising debt ceiling" would cost taxpayers approximately $4.70 per click.