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"raising" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often lifting (7 letters).
Definitions
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.
Used in a sentence
“cattle raising”
“to help at a raising”
“Contracts for the raising of 16 other bridges have been let.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“child nurture”7 letters
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