rase

[ reyz ]

/ reɪz /

verb (used with object), rased, ras·ing.

raze.

Nearby words

rasc, rascal, rascality, rascally, rascasse, rase, rash, rash shirt, rasher, rashi, rashid

Related forms

ras·er, noun

Definition for rasing (2 of 2)

raze

or rase

[ reyz ]

/ reɪz /

verb (used with object), razed, raz·ing.

to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.

to shave or scrape off.

Origin of raze

1540–50; Middle English rasen < Middle French raser < *Vulgar Latin rāsāre to scrape, frequentative of Latin rādere to scrape

Related forms

raz·er, nounun·razed, adjective

Can be confused

raze raise

Synonym study

1. See destroy.

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Examples from the Web for rasing

Thus they fared two hours or more trasing and rasing either other, where they might hit any bare place.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II)|Thomas Malory
And lightly they avoided their horses and rushed together, tracing, rasing, and foining.
The Blue Flower, and Others|Henry van Dyke

British Dictionary definitions for rasing (1 of 2)

rase

/ (reɪz) /

verb

a variant spelling of raze

British Dictionary definitions for rasing (2 of 2)

raze

rase

/ (reɪz) /

verb (tr)

to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phrase raze to the ground)

to delete; erase

archaic to graze

Derived Forms

razer or raser, noun

Word Origin for raze

C16: from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape

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