raisin
Of fruit: to dry out; to become like raisinsOf fruit: to dry out; to become like raisins.
» Raisins are dried grapes.
Rosinen sind getrocknete Weintrauben.
Rosinen sind getrocknete Trauben.
Изюм – это высушенный виноград.
Изюм — это сушёный виноград.
Родзинки — це сушений виноград.
Meaning
8 senses(intransitive)Of fruit: to dry out; to become like raisins.
(transitive)To flavor (an alcoholic beverage) with fruit that has raisined.
(transitive)To add raisins to.
(broadly, transitive)To distribute throughout (with small bits or things), to dot or pepper.
(ambitransitive)To shrivel.
(transitive)To crush or drain, so that all plumpness and vitality is gone.
(transitive)To cause to have wrinkles.
(intransitive)To form wrinkles; to become wrinkled.
Examples
43 sentencesRaisins are dried grapes.
Родзинки — це сушений виноград.
ruИзюм – это высушенный виноград.
deRosinen sind getrocknete Weintrauben.
Tom ate a handful of raisins.
ruТом съел горсть изюма.
Why do you not eat raisins?
ruПочему ты не ешь изюм?
Tom bought three kilos of raisins.
Tom never puts raisins in his oatmeal.
Origin
From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from LateFrom 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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Forms
raisins, raisining, raisined, raisinedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle