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raisin.

A dried grape.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹeɪzən//ˈɹeɪzɪn//ˈɹiːzən/obsolete
  1. A dried grape.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Possibly a distant cognate of Persian رز (raz, “vine”). Doublet of raceme.

verb/ˈɹeɪzən//ˈɹeɪzɪn//ˈɹiːzən/obsolete
  1. Of fruit: to dry out; to become like raisins.

    intransitive
  2. To flavor (an alcoholic beverage) with fruit that has raisined.

    transitive
  3. To add raisins to.

    transitive
  4. To distribute throughout (with small bits or things), to dot or pepper.

    broadly · transitive
  5. To shrivel.

    ambitransitive
  6. To crush or drain, so that all plumpness and vitality is gone.

    transitive
  7. To cause to have wrinkles.

    transitive
  8. To form wrinkles; to become wrinkled.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Possibly a distant cognate of Persian رز (raz, “vine”). Doublet of raceme.

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