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raik.

A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹeɪk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation

  1. A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.

    Northern-England · Scotland · also · figuratively

  2. The movement of animals while grazing.

    Northern-England · Scotland

  3. The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.

    Northern-England · Scotland

  4. A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.

    Northern-England · Scotland
Where this word comes from

From Middle English rake (“path”), from Old Norse rák (“trail”), from Proto-Germanic *rēkō, *raką, *rakō, *rakǭ (“file of tracks, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)reg'-, *(o)reg'a- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, grazing”), Icelandic raka (“strip, series”), Norwegian røk (“grazing”), Norwegian rak (“wick”), Old English race, racu (“a run, riverbed”).

verb/ɹeɪk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation

  1. To walk; to roam, to wander.

    Midlands · Northern-England · Scotland · intransitive

  2. Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.

    Midlands · Northern-England · Scotland · intransitive

  3. To roam or wander through (somewhere).

    Northern-England · Scotland · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English rake (“path”), from Old Norse rák (“trail”), from Proto-Germanic *rēkō, *raką, *rakō, *rakǭ (“file of tracks, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)reg'-, *(o)reg'a- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, grazing”), Icelandic raka (“strip, series”), Norwegian røk (“grazing”), Norwegian rak (“wick”), Old English race, racu (“a run, riverbed”).

noun/ɹeɪk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation

  1. Alternative spelling of rake (“rate of progress; pace, speed”).

    Northern-England · Scotland · alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

See rake (noun) (etymology 4).

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