Noun
rase (plural rases)
- (obsolete) A scratching out, or erasure.
1612, Pietro Martire “d'” Anghiera, De Novo Orbe, Or the Historie of the West Indies, page 89:But of the diuersitie of popingaies, we haue spoken sufficiently in the firste Decade: for in the rase of this large lande, Colonus him selfe brought and sent to the courte a great number of euery kinde, the whiche it was lawfull for all the people to beholde, and are yet daily brought in like manner.
1628, John Gaule, The Practiqve Theorists Panegyrick. … A Sermon preached at Pauls-Crosse:The rase of whose skinne […] was more then the torment of their wretched Bodyes
1773, “Hycke-Scorner: A Morality.”, in Thomas Hawkins, editor, The Origin of the English Drama, page 89:Felowes, they shall never more us withstonde, For I se them all drowned in the rase of Irlonde,
- A slight wound; a scratch.
- A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.
Verb
rase (third-person singular simple present rases, present participle rasing, simple past and past participle rased)
- (obsolete) To rub along the surface of; to graze.
1692, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey, February 22. 1684-5. [Julian calendar]”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume I, London: […] J[ohn] H[eptinstall] for Thomas Bennet, […], →OCLC, page 317:For was he not in the neareſt Neighbourhood to Death? And might not the Bullet, that perhaps razed his Cheek, have as eaſily gone into his Head?
1786, [William Beckford], translated by [Samuel Henley], An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: […] [Vathek], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 103:Sometimes, his feet raſed the ſurface of the water; and, at others, the ſkylight almoſt flattened his noſe.
- (obsolete) To rub or scratch out; to erase.
1660, Thomas Fuller, “Name General”, in Mixt Contemplations in Better Times, London: […] R[oger] D[aniel] for Iohn Williams, […], →OCLC, page 17:Though we carry a ſimple and ſingle remembrance of our loſſes unto the grave, it being impoſſible to do other-waies (except we raze the faculty of memory Roote and Branch out of our mind) yet let us not keep any record of them with the leaſt reflection of revenge.
1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 361–363:Though of their Names in heavenly Records now / Be no memorial, blotted out and ras'd / By thir Rebellion, from the Books of Life.
- To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze.
[1611?], Homer, “Book II”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC, page 58:[…] till Troy were by their brave hands rac'd, / They would not turn home: […]
- To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
Anagrams
- Sare, EARs, eras, arse, AREs, Sera, Ersa, ERAs, reas, Sear, sera, sear, ears, SERA, Ares, ares, ARSE, sare
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rasëda (“tired; pregnant; heavy”), from Proto-Finno-Permic *ranśe. Related to raske (“heavy”) (from *raskëda, where the -k- is a derivational suffix). Replaced earlier raskejalgne (literally “having heavy feet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑse/, [ˈrɑse̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑse
- Hyphenation: ra‧se
Adjective
rase (genitive raseda, partitive rasedat)
- pregnant (carrying a fetus developing in its organism, expecting a child)
- rase naine ― a pregnant woman
- Naine on kaheksandat kuud rase. ― The woman is eight months pregnant.
- rasedaks jääma ― to get pregnant
- (figurative) filled (with something abstract)
1937, Heiti Talvik, Sügiselaul (poetry):Ammu juba viimse vase / vahtraladvad poetand rohtu. / Üksik uib, mis viljast rase, / trotsimas veel hallaohtu.- The maple tops have long since shed / their last copper colour into the grass. / A lonely catkin, filled with fruit, / still defies the threat of frost.
Usage notes
- rase chiefly refers to humans, while tiine refers to animals.
Declension
More information Declension of (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation), singular ...
Declension of rase (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) |
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singular |
plural |
nominative |
rase |
rasedad |
accusative |
nom. |
gen. |
raseda |
genitive |
rasedate |
partitive |
rasedat |
rasedaid |
illative |
rasedasse |
rasedatesse rasedaisse |
inessive |
rasedas |
rasedates rasedais |
elative |
rasedast |
rasedatest rasedaist |
allative |
rasedale |
rasedatele rasedaile |
adessive |
rasedal |
rasedatel rasedail |
ablative |
rasedalt |
rasedatelt rasedailt |
translative |
rasedaks |
rasedateks rasedaiks |
terminative |
rasedani |
rasedateni |
essive |
rasedana |
rasedatena |
abessive |
rasedata |
rasedateta |
comitative |
rasedaga |
rasedatega |
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Noun
rase (genitive raseda, partitive rasedat)
- a pregnant person (usually a woman)
- rasedate võimlemine ― prenatal aerobics (literally, “aerobics for pregnant women”)
Declension
More information Declension of (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation), singular ...
Declension of rase (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) |
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nominative |
rase |
rasedad |
accusative |
nom. |
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raseda |
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rasedate |
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rasedat |
rasedaid |
illative |
rasedasse |
rasedatesse rasedaisse |
inessive |
rasedas |
rasedates rasedais |
elative |
rasedast |
rasedatest rasedaist |
allative |
rasedale |
rasedatele rasedaile |
adessive |
rasedal |
rasedatel rasedail |
ablative |
rasedalt |
rasedatelt rasedailt |
translative |
rasedaks |
rasedateks rasedaiks |
terminative |
rasedani |
rasedateni |
essive |
rasedana |
rasedatena |
abessive |
rasedata |
rasedateta |
comitative |
rasedaga |
rasedatega |
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References
- rase in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “rase”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrase/
- Hyphenation: ra‧sé
Etymology 2
From Old Norse rasa.
Verb
rase (imperative ras, present tense raser, passive rases, simple past raste, past participle rast, present participle rasende)
- to be furious, fume, rage, rave
- (figurative: fever, plague, war) to rage
- (river) to rush, sweep over, tear along
- (storm) to wreak havoc
- (e.g. in an avalanche) to fall, slide
- (with sammen) to collapse, cave in
References
- “rase” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “rase_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “rase_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Etymology 2
From Old Norse rasa.
Verb
rase (present tense rasar, past tense rasa, past participle rasa, passive infinitive rasast, present participle rasande, imperative rase/ras)
- to be furious, fume, rage, rave
- (figurative: fever, plague, war) to rage
- (river) to rush, sweep over, tear along
- (storm) to wreak havoc
- (e.g. in an avalanche) to fall, slide
- (with saman) to collapse, cave in
References
- “rase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrase/
- Hyphenation: ra‧sé
Further reading
- "rase" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.