Results for raising
Definitions of raising:
part of speech: noun
The act of lifting or setting up; in Amer., the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
Usage examples for raising:
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I will need you in raising that money.
"The Silver Horde", Rex Beach -
At this, Marie, after raising a faint cry of anxiety, exclaimed: " Why don't you take it off?"
"Paris From the "Three Cities"", Emile Zola -
The old man lay silent for some minutes, raising the girl's soft little hand to his lips from time to time.
"The Mynns' Mystery", George Manville Fenn -
They are so much alike in their looks and ways and so different in their raising that they can't get on together.
"Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country", Joel Chandler Harris