rase

Plural: rases

Verb

Verb Forms: rased, rasing, rases

To completely destroy, level to the ground; to erase.
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
To be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.
Alternative spelling of race (“to pluck or snatch (something); also, to pull (something)”).
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.
Of a natural marking on the head of an animal (chiefly a horse): to extend down the head.

Noun

An act of cutting, scraping, or scratching; also, an erasure.
Alternative spelling of raze (“a slight wound; a scratch; also, a cut, a slit”).
A measure in which the commodity assessed is made level with the top of the measuring vessel rather than heaped above it.

Examples

He planned to rase his opponent’s lead with a powerful, well-placed bingo.

Origin / Etymology

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”)

Synonyms

dismantle, level, pull down, raze, take down, tear down

Antonyms

raise

Scrabble Score: 4

rase: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rase: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rase: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 4

rase: valid Words With Friends Word