uprearing

Lifting up high

Uprearing is the act of raising up or lifting something, often with an upward motion that suggests height or elevation.

It appears most commonly as a present participle describing animals that rise on hind legs the uprearing horse threw its rider or objects that tower dramatically the uprearing cliffs dominated the coastline.

The word carries a somewhat literary or formal tone and emphasizes the vertical dimension of the rising action.

nurturing

parenting

Nurturing and guiding children

motherhood · fatherhood · custody · bonding · attachment · nourishment · protection · affection · tenderness · guidance

development

growth

Increase in size

blossoming · formation · progression · advancement · evolution · socialization · molding · shaping · cultivation · becoming

discipline

training

Developing abilities through practice

correction · behavior · manners · etiquette · structure · consequences · authority · strictness · expectations · standards

Opposites
vertical direction

uprearinglowering

Moving something downward

settling · descending · sinking · dropping · falling

building vs. destroying

uprearingdemolishing

Destroying a structure completely

razing · tearing down · toppling · destroying · leveling

nurturing vs. neglecting

uprearingneglecting

Failing to attend to

abandoning · forsaking · mistreating · stunting · harming

Family

rear, raising, rearing, reared, rears, rearward, upraised, upraise, upraises

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