Antonyms for raisings

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rey-zing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ zɪŋ

Definition of raisings

Origin : mid-14c., "an act of elevating," verbal noun from raise (v.). Specifically in American English, "the erecting of a building," by 1650s.
RAISING. In New England and the Northern States, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building. [Webster, 1830]

As in raise : noun increase in salary or position
As in breeding : noun cultivation of person
As in construction : noun creation, building
As in adoption : noun legal taking of another's child
As in culture : noun development of land
As in amplification : noun increase in size or effect

Example sentences :

After five raisings the revolver was mine and the cartridges too.
Extract from : « The Duel » by A. I. Kuprin

No more huskings or quiltings, or apple cuts, or raisings or "bees" of any sort.
Extract from : « My Boyhood » by John Burroughs

We had "raisings" in those days, when a new building was put up.
Extract from : « My Boyhood » by John Burroughs

With her raisings, what does she probably like the best in the world?
Extract from : « J. Poindexter, Colored » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

These are the operations gone through for the two raisings of worms on the second and third day of the hatching.
Extract from : « The Insect World » by Louis Figuier

Both were framers, both famous captains, and more than once had they led the opposing forces at raisings.
Extract from : « The Doctor » by Ralph Connor

We here consider only the raisings which restored to the virtually dead their interrupted mortal life.
Extract from : « Miracles and Supernatural Religion » by James Morris Whiton

In the work of these raisings the highest as well as the humblest citizens took part.
Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle

But then, of course, that's due to the ignorance of their raisings and probably they is not to blame so much after all.
Extract from : « J. Poindexter, Colored » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

Synonyms for raisings

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