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Definition: Rase |
RaseVerb1. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rase" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
RASE | English | Royal Agricultural Society of England | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: RaseSynonyms: dismantle (v), level (v), pull down (v), raze (v), take down (v), tear down (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: raise (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Depression | Overthrow, overturn, overset; upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell; cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down; raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground; trample in the dust, pull about one's ears. |
Obliteration | Verb: efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out; wipe off, rub off; wipe away; deface, render illegible; draw the pen through, apply the sponge. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Rase |
| English words defined with "rase": Rased, Rasing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rase": Barbier. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "rase": Rasure, razor. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Rase" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (shaves), German (rage), Norwegian (fume). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Rase" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Rase" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "rase" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Rase | Last name | 400 | 20,595 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "rase": rase off. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "rase": k-rase. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rase | 8 |
chatte rase | 8 |
crane femme rase | 7 |
caini de rase | 6 |
penis rase | 3 |
nation rase | 3 |
paintball rase | 2 |
rase up | 2 |
foot rase | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "rase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rrafshoj me tokën (raze), rrëzoj (blow, bring down, chop down, defeat, demolish, depolarise, depose, destroy, dethrone, disenthrone, dismount, disprove, down, drop, eradiate, fail, fell, floor, kill, knock out, overthrow, plough, plow, pull down, pull over, push down, push over, raze, rebut, sink, spill, wreck), rrëshqas në sipërfaqën (raze), shkatërroj (bash up, blow away, break to pieces, bust up, cast down, consume, crock, dash, decimate, defeat, demolish, depauperate, depredate, destroy, do for, do in, eat, erode, explode, flatten, gut, kill, level, ravage, raze, rout, ruin, shake down, shatter, sink, smash, smite, subvert, take away, tear to pieces, throw down, trample down, unbuild, vandalize, wreck, zap), fshij (brush, brush away, cancel, clean off, clean up, deface, delete, efface, erase, mop up, obliterate, raze, remove, rub, rub out, scratch out, strike off, sweep, wipe, wipe away, wipe off), dëboj (banish, cast out, deport, evict, excommunicate, exile, expel, hoot, laugh off, proscribe, raze, rout, send off, send packing, throw out), bëj rrafsh me tokën (raze). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | събарям (bowl over, break down, bring down, demolish, dismantle, fell, fling, fling down, grass, kick over, knock down, knock off, lay low, overthrow, prostrate, pull down, push down, push over, raze, ride down, run down, subvert, tear down, throw down), сривам със земята (raze), сривам до основи (raze), остригвам (cut smb.'s hair, raze, shear, strip), ожулвам (abrade, gall, raw, raze, rub sore, scrape, sting), изстъргвам (abrade, rasp, raze, scrape, scrape away), изтривам (delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, raze, rub away, rub out, rub up, wear, wear away, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wipe up), изличавам (obliterate, raze, rub off). (various references) | |
Farsi | مسطح کردن (Range, Tabulate), له کردن (Mangle, Maul, Pummel, Quash, Scotch, Squash, Squeeze, Squelch), تراشیدن (Carve, Erase, Excoriate, Expunge, Face, Grain, Grave, Pare, Raze, Scrape, Shave, Trim, Whittle), خراشیدن (Chafe, Erase, Glance, Graze, Scrape, Scrub), خراش دادن (Irritate, Prick), باخاک یکسان کردن , بریدن (Amputate, Carve, Chop, Cut, Cutback, Cutoff, Dock, Gash, Hack, Haggle, Hew, Intercept, Mangle, Rift, Sect, Sever, Shear, Slice, Sliver, Stag, Stump, Sunder, Whittle). (various references) | |
Greek | κρημνίζω (demolish, raze, tear down), κατεδαφίζω (demolish, dismantle, pull down, raze, tear down, wreck), ισοπεδώνω (flatten, raze). (various references) | |
Hungarian | lerombol (bulldoze, demolish, lay low, raze, ruin, to break down, to demolish, to destroy, to knock down, to lay flat, to lay low, to pull down, to tear down, to vandalize), földdel egyenlõvé tesz (raze). (various references) | |
Italian | radere al suolo (raze), radere (graze, raze, shave), spianare (equalize, flatten, level, make level, plane, raze, roll out, smooth, smooth out, surface), distruggere (abolishes, blast, break up type, consume, dash, destroy, destruction, distribute, exterminate, kill, nip, obliterate, overwhelm, quash, raze, shatter, shoot down, smash, smash up, tear apart, undo, unmake, wreck), abbattere (bowl over, break, break down, cut down, deject, demolish, down, fall, fell, flatten, knock down, lay, lose heart, overthrow, put down, put to sleep, raze, shoot down, smash down, smash in, throw, to destroy, to kill). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aseray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fazer desaparecer (make away, raze, rid, wipe off, wipe out), esfolar (bark, desquamate, excoriation, flay, fleece, flench, flense, fling, fret, gall, graze, milk, pelting, raw, raze, scale, scalp, skin, skinning, strip, to flay, to skin, to take off the skin), destruir (blast, butcher, consume, defeat, demolish, depredate, destroy, devour, dilapidate, douse, eat crow, end, explode, extinguish, finished, havoc, impaired, kill the goose that lays golden eggs, mine, obliteration, override, overwhelm, poison, puncture, quash, quench, ravage, raze, reave, reive, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, subvert, tear down, to kill, undo, unmake, wipe out, wrack, wreck), demolir (break down, demolish, destroy, dilapidate, level of quality, pull down, pulverize, quash, raze, unbuild, wrack, wreck), arrasar (bulldoze, raze, unbuild), arranhar (clapperclaw, claw, dodder, gall bladder, grazier, raze, scrabble, scrape, scratch, splutter, sputter, strum, thrum, twang). (various references) | |
Russian | изглаживать (erase, raze), дергать (jerk, jerked, pull, pull at, twitch, yank, yanked). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sravniti (collate, level, raze, strickle), porušiti (demolish, destroy, level, pull down, raze, subvert, tear down), okrznuti (graze, pip, scratch, shave), očešati (brush, rub). (various references) | |
Spanish | asolar (desolate, devastate, Harry, raze, ruin), arrasar (annihilate, level, obliterate, raze, scorch). (various references) | |
Swedish | rasera (demolish, destroy, raze). (various references) | |
Ukranian | руйнувати вщент (raze), викреслювати (black out, blot out, blue pencil, cancel, cross off, cross out, delete, efface, elide, erase, expunge, line out, obliterate, raze, score out, scratch off, scratch out), зскрібати (raze), подряпати (graze, raze). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rase": rased, raser, rasers, rases. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "rase": acetylcholinesterase, aminotransferase, anticholinesterase, apyrase, carbohydrase, catchphrase, cholinesterase, chrysoprase, diaphorase, epimerase, erase, esterase, fumarase, gyrase, hydrase, idocrase, isomerase, luciferase, metaphrase, misphrase, paraphrase, pectinesterase, phosphodiesterase, phosphomonoesterase, phrase, polymerase, prase, pseudocholinesterase, rephrase, saccharase, sucrase, transferase, urase. (additional references) | |
Words containing "rase": acetylcholinesterases, aminotransferases, anticholinesterases, antiphrases, apyrases, arrased, arrases, carbohydrases, catchphrases, charases, cholinesterases, chrysoprases, copperases, crases, diaphorases, ecraseur, ecraseurs, epimerases, erased, eraser, erasers, erases, esterases, extrasensory, fumarases, gyrases, hippocrases, hydrases, idocrases, isomerases, luciferases, madrases, metaphrases, misphrased, misphrases, paraphrased, paraphraser, paraphrasers, paraphrases, parasexual, parasexualities, parasexuality, pectinesterases, periphrases, phosphodiesterases, phosphomonoesterases, phrased, phrasemaker, phrasemakers, phrasemaking, phrasemakings, phrasemonger, phrasemongering, phrasemongerings, phrasemongers, phraseological, phraseologies, phraseologist, phraseologists, phraseology, phrases, polymerases, praseodymium, praseodymiums, prases, pseudocholinesterases, rephrased, rephrases, saccharases, sassafrases, sucrases, suprasegmental, terrases, transferases, ultrasecret, ultrasegregationist, ultrasegregationists, ultrasensitive, ultraserious, unerased, urases. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rase" (pronounced rā"z) |
| 3 | r ā" z | appraise, betrays, braise, craze, defrays, Grays, graze, phrase, portrays, praise, prays, preys, raise, rays, raze, reappraise, rephrase, Res, sprays, strays, trays. |
| 2 | -ā" z | ablaze, allays, amaze, arrays, baize, ballets, bays, berets, blase, blaze, bouquets, cabernets, cafes, chaise, chalets, clays, cliches, communiques, conveys, dais, days, daze, decays, delays, dismays, displays, dossiers, essays, faze, filets, gays, gaze, glaze, Hays, haze, jays, Kays, lase, lays, leis, leys, Lyonnaise, Maes, maize, malaise, Mays, maze, morays, nays, obeys, okays, pays, phase, plays, polonaise, repays, replays, shays, stays, surveys, sways, todays, urokinase, ways, weighs, yeas. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ares, arse, ears, eras, sear, sera. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-r-s" | |
-1 letter: are, ars, ear, era, ers, ras, res, sae, sea, ser. | |
-2 letters: ae, ar, as, er, es, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-r-s" | |
+1 letter: acres, agers, apers, apres, areas, arise, arles, arose, arses, asker, asper, aster, aures, avers, bares, baser, bears, braes, cares, carse, dares, dears, earls, earns, erase, escar, eskar, eyras, fares, fears, gears, hares, hears, lares, laser, lears, mares, marse, maser, nares, nears, pares, parse, pears, prase, presa, races, rages, raise, rajes, rakes, rales, rapes, rares, rased, raser, rases, rates, raves, raxes, razes, reads, reals, reams, reaps, rears, resaw, resay, rheas, saber, sabre, safer, sager, saker, saner, saree, sarge, saver, sawer, sayer, scare, sears, serac, serai, seral, sewar, share, shear, smear, snare, spare, spear, stare, sware, swear, tares, tears, urase, ureas, ursae, wares, wears, years. | |
+2 letters: abaser, abuser, adders, adores, aeries, afresh, afters, aggers, agrees, ahorse, aiders, aimers, airers, airest, aivers, alders, alerts, alters, ambers, ameers, amuser, anears, angers, answer, antres, arches, ardebs, arecas, arenas, aretes, argles, argues, ariels, ariose, arisen, arises, arkose, armers, armets, armies, arouse, arpens, arrest, arseno, arsine, artels, ashier, ashler, ashore, askers, aspers, aspire, assert, assure, astern, asters, augers, aureus, averse, averts, azures, bakers, balers, barbes, bardes, barest, barges, barres, baryes, basher, baster, beards, blares, blears, braces, braise, brakes, braves, brazes, breads, breaks, breams, breast, bursae, cabers, cadres, caesar, cagers, caners, capers, carers, caress, carets, caries, carles, carses, cartes, carves, casern, caster, caters, causer, cavers, cedars, cerias, cesura, chares, chaser, clears, coarse, crakes, cranes, crapes, crases, crates, craves, crazes, creaks, creams, crease, creasy, darers, dasher, daters, deairs, debars, denars, derats, derays, dermas, dewars, drakes, drapes, dreads, dreams, drears, eagers, eagres, earths, easier, easter, eaters, eggars, embars, erased, eraser, erases, ericas, ersatz, escarp, escars, eschar, eskars, estral, estray, extras, facers, faders, fakers, falser, farces, farers, farles, faster, ferias, feuars, flares, fraise, frames, freaks, gagers, gamers, gapers, gasher, gasper, gasser, gaster, gazers, gerahs, glares, graces, grades, grapes, grates, graves, grazes, grease, greasy, greats, gyrase, haeres, halers, harems, haters, havers, hawser, hayers, hazers, hearse, hearts, hoarse, irades, jagers, japers, jasper, kaiser, kasher, kebars, lacers, laders, lagers, lakers, lapser, larees, larges, lasers, lasher, laster, lavers, layers, learns, leaser, macers, madres, makers, marges, marses, masers, masher, masker, master, maters, matres, mazers, nacres, namers, oaters, operas, orates, oreads, pacers, padres, pagers, papers, pareos, parers, pareus, parges, paries, parles, parsec, parsed, parser, parses, passer, paster, paters, pauser, pavers, pawers, payers, pearls, phrase, praise, prases, prates, praxes, rabies, racers, ragees, raised, raiser, raises, rakees, rakers, ramees, ramens, ramets, ramies, ramose, rances, ranees, ranges, rapers, raphes, rarest, rasers, rasher, rashes, rasped, rasper, rassle, raster, rasure, ratels, raters, ravels, ravens, ravers, rawest, razees, razers, razzes, reacts, readds, reales, realms, rearms, reason, reatas, reaves, rebars, recaps, recast, redans, redias, rehabs, rehash, relays, remans, remaps, repass, repast, repays, resaid, resail, resale, resawn, resaws, resays, reseal, reseat, reseau, reseda, resoak, retags, rewash, sabers, sabred, sabres, sacker, sacred, sadder, sagger, sagier, sailer, sakers, salter, salver, sander, sanger, sapper, sarape, sarees, sarges, sarode, sarsen, satire, saucer, sauger, saurel, savers, sawers, sawyer, sayers, scaler, scarce, scared, scarer, scares, scarey, sclera, scrape, screak, scream, sealer, seamer, search, seared, searer, seater, secpar, seggar, senary, senora, seracs, serail, serais, serape, seraph, serdab, serial, serosa, serval, sewars, shader, shaker, shaper, shared, sharer, shares, shaver, shears, sherpa, shmear, sierra, skater, slaker, slater, slaver, slayer, smears, smeary, snared, snarer, snares, soaker, soaper, soared, soarer, spacer, spader, spared, sparer, spares, sparge, sparse, spears, spirea, spread, square, stager, staler, stared, starer, stares, starve, stater, stayer, stelar, sterna, strafe, strake, streak, stream, striae, suaver, swager, swayer, swears, tabers, takers, talers, tamers, tapers, targes, tarres, taster, taters, tawers, taxers, teaser, terais, terras, tetras, traces, trades, trapes, traves, treads, treats, uraeus, urares, urases, urates, urease, varies, varves, vaster, velars, versal, waders, wafers, wagers, wakers, walers, warsle, washer, waster, waters, wavers, waxers, wrasse, wreaks, yagers, yarest, yearns, yerbas, zaires, zebras. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 0073 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52678571 |
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