rase
Alternative spelling of razeAlternative spelling of raze.: To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
Meaning
16 sensesAlternative spelling of raze.
(transitive)To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
(figuratively, transitive)To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
(also, figuratively, transitive)To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
(regional, transitive)To wound (someone or part of their body) superficially; to graze.
(archaic, intransitive)To be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.
Alternative spelling of raze.
(obsolete, transitive)To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it.
(obsolete, transitive)To carve (a line, mark, etc.) into something; to incise, to inscribe; also, to carve lines, marks, etc., into (something); to engrave.
(obsolete, transitive)To remove (something) by scraping; also, to cut or shave (something) off.
(obsolete, transitive)To rub lightly along the surface of (something); brush against, to graze.
(obsolete, transitive)To scrape (something) to remove things from its surface; also, to reduce (something) to small pieces by scraping; to grate.
(obsolete, transitive)To shave (someone or part of their body) with a razor, etc.
(also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash.
Origin
From Late Middle English rasen, rasyn (“to rage; to enrage (?)”), probably from Middle DutFrom 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”).
A variant of raze, from Middle English rasen: see further at raze.
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.
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Forms
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6 synonymsLessons 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