rase.
To be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.
Meaning & usage
To be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.
Where this word comes from
From Late Middle English rasen, rasyn (“to rage; to enrage (?)”), probably from Middle Dutch râsen, râzen (“to be extremely angry, rage; to be mad, rave; to talk nonsense; of a dog: to be rabid”), from Old Dutch *rāson (modern Dutch razen), from Proto-West Germanic *rāsōn (“to rush”), Proto-Germanic *rēsōną (“to rush”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- (“to flow; to rush”). cognates * Swedish rasa (“rage”)
Alternative spelling of raze.
Alternative spelling of raze. To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
Alternative spelling of raze. To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
Alternative spelling of raze. To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
Alternative spelling of raze. To wound (someone or part of their body) superficially; to graze.
Alternative spelling of raze. To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it.
Alternative spelling of raze. To carve (a line, mark, etc.) into something; to incise, to inscribe; also, to carve lines, marks, etc., into (something); to engrave.
Alternative spelling of raze. To remove (something) by scraping; also, to cut or shave (something) off.
Alternative spelling of raze. To rub lightly along the surface of (something); brush against, to graze.
Alternative spelling of raze. To scrape (something) to remove things from its surface; also, to reduce (something) to small pieces by scraping; to grate.
Alternative spelling of raze. To shave (someone or part of their body) with a razor, etc.
Alternative spelling of raze. To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash.
Alternative spelling of raze. To carve lines, marks, etc., into something.
Alternative spelling of raze. To graze or rub lightly along a surface.
Alternative spelling of raze. To penetrate through something; to pierce.
Where this word comes from
A variant of raze, from Middle English rasen: see further at raze.
An act of cutting, scraping, or scratching; also, an erasure.
Alternative spelling of raze (“a slight wound; a scratch; also, a cut, a slit”).
Where this word comes from
A variant of raze, from Middle English rasen: see further at raze.
A measure in which the commodity assessed is made level with the top of the measuring vessel rather than heaped above it.
Where this word comes from
Probably either: * from Late Latin rāsum (neuter), rāsa (“level measure of grain”, feminine), a noun use of Latin rāsus (“scraped; shaved”, masculine), the perfect passive participle of rādō (“to scrape; to scratch; to shave; to touch upon, graze”), from Proto-Italic *razdō, further etymology unknown; or * from Anglo-Norman rase (“level measure of grain”), from Latin rāsus (see above).
Of a natural marking on the head of an animal (chiefly a horse): to extend down the head.
Where this word comes from
From rase, race (“(usually white) marking on the head of an animal, chiefly a horse”); further etymology uncertain, possibly a specific use of race (“(obsolete) mark; cut, scratch”, noun), from race (“to cut, slash; to scratch; to tear”) (southwest England), a variant of raze.
Alternative spelling of race (“to pluck or snatch (something); also, to pull (something)”).
Where this word comes from
PIE word *wréh₂ds A variant of race (“(obsolete) to pluck; to pull off; to snatch; to tear”), partly influenced by raze.
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