Lifting (7)
I believe the answer is:
raising
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">lifting</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('raise' can be a synonym of 'lift')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for raising that I've seen before include "Promoting (in rank)" , "Bringing up" , "Growing" , "Elevating" , "Lifting" .)