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fraise.

To put in danger, in terror, or at risk.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈfɹʷeɪ̯z]General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɛjz/British, Southern, Standard[ˈfɹʷɛjz]British, Southern, Standard
  1. To put in danger, in terror, or at risk.

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fraisen, from Old English frāsian (“to ask, try, tempt”), from Proto-Germanic *fraisōną (“to attempt, try”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to attempt, try; risk, peril”). Cognate with West Frisian freezje (“to fear”), Dutch vrezen (“to fear, dread, be afraid”), German freisen (“to put at risk, endanger, terrify”). Alternatively the Middle English fraisen was borrowed from Middle Dutch vreisen, vresen (“to be afraid; to endanger, threaten, frighten”), from Old Dutch *freisōn, *frēsōn, from the same Proto-West Germanic source above.

noun/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈfɹʷeɪ̯z]General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɛjz/British, Southern, Standard[ˈfɹʷɛjz]British, Southern, Standard
  1. A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.

  2. A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.

    historical
  3. An embroidered scarf with its ends crossed over the chest and pinned, worn (especially by women) in the 19th century.

    historical
  4. A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.

  5. A tool for cutting the teeth of a timepiece's wheel to correct inaccuracies.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French fraise (“ruff”), fraiser; compare French friser (“curl”), perhaps from Provençal frezar; ultimately from Germanic.

verb/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈfɹʷeɪ̯z]General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɛjz/British, Southern, Standard[ˈfɹʷɛjz]British, Southern, Standard
  1. To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French fraise (“ruff”), fraiser; compare French friser (“curl”), perhaps from Provençal frezar; ultimately from Germanic.

noun/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈfɹʷeɪ̯z]General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɛjz/British, Southern, Standard[ˈfɹʷɛjz]British, Southern, Standard
  1. A stylized strawberry with leaves.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French fraise (“strawberry”), from earlier *fraige, from Latin frāga.

noun/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈfɹʷeɪ̯z]General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɛjz/British, Southern, Standard[ˈfɹʷɛjz]British, Southern, Standard
  1. Commotion.

    UK · dated · dialectal
noun/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈfɹʷeɪ̯z]General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɛjz/British, Southern, Standard[ˈfɹʷɛjz]British, Southern, Standard
  1. Alternative form of froise (“kind of pancake or omelette”).

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

See froise.

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