Raising - Definition

adj 1: increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase
in the basic wage rate"
n 1: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation
of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the
land resulting from volcanic activity" [syn: elevation,
lift, raising]
2: the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were
treated as a child [syn: raising, rearing, nurture]
3: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the
community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more
important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering,
fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing]