Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 4
Radula (n.) (Zool.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.
Raduliform (a.) Rasplike; as, raduliform teeth.
Raffed (imp. & p. p.) of Raff.
Raffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raff.
Raff (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. [Obs.]
Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. -- Carew.
Raff (n.) A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. "A raff of errors." -- Barrow.
Raff (n.) The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.
Raff (n.) A low fellow; a churl.
Raff merchant, A dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov. Eng.]
RAFF, () Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (WD, HDD).
Raffaelesque (a.) Raphaelesque.
Raffia (n.) (Bot.) A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia. -- J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Raffia (n.) Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. [syn: raffia, raphia].
Raffia (n.) Fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets.
Raffia (n.) Feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes [syn: Raffia, genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia].
Raffinose (n.) (Chem.) A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.
Raffinose (n.) A trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals.
Raffish (a.) Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low.
A sad, raffish, disreputable character. -- Thackeray.
Raffish (a.) Mildly disreputable or nonconformist; unconventional.
Tales of his [Ted Kennedy's] drinking and raffish behavior have become part of his public persona, often lumped under a vaster damnation known as "the character issue".
He appears to compartmentalize his off-duty conduct and his Senate responsibilities; during dozens of interviews for this article, with friends and foes, not one could cite an instance in which drinking appeared to impair him professionally. His adversaries grumble about it anyway; friends portray it as relatively harmless and charming.
Orrin Hatch, the conservative Utah Republican who is also a Mormon, tells this story with what he describes as "a tremendous brotherly affection." Two days before the Senate adjourned in October 1988, Hatch took a call from Frank Madsen, a former aide who had moved to Boston to supervise 200 young Mormon missionaries. Would Hatch come speak to them? Would he bring Kennedy? Would he ask Kennedy to reserve Faneuil Hall for the event? With some misgivings, Hatch agreed to try. Shortly before midnight, he found Kennedy and Chris Dodd in the Capitol. Neither was feeling any pain. "Ted, I've got a favor to ask."
Kennedy wrapped an arm around Hatch. "Done!"
Hatch held up a restraining hand. "No, hear me out.
You remember my aide, Frank Madsen -- " "Great fellow! Great fellow!"
"He's now in Boston -- "
"My home town! My home town!"
Hatch eventually made his request. Kennedy assented.
Hatch returned to his office, typed out the agreement and sent it to Kennedy's office. The next day, Hatch spied Kennedy reading the memo. "Orrin," Kennedy called in mock horror, "what else did I agree to?" Three months later, in January 1989, Hatch and Kennedy stood elbow-to-elbow in Faneuil Hall, addressing the Mormon missionaries. - Atkinson, Washington Post, Sept. 29, 1990
Raffish (a.) Dissolute; rakish.
Of all such places, Santa Fe may well be the least raffish. At least in the off-season, it's a town that goes to bed early, showing all the prudent reserve of a city of bankers and claims adjusters.
In the historic center, a visitor searches in vain for tawdry traces of the hard-drinking, wild-womanizing, heavy-gambling cowboy town this once must have been. -- Brad Leithauser ("Santa Fe", in New York Times Magazine / May 13, 2001).
Over the years, it [Macau] has maintained a downright raffish atmosphere, complete with warring gangsters. -- Yvette Ziols.
Raffish (a.) Vulgarly gaudy; cheap and tawdry; as, a tendency toward gaudy jewelry, bright colors and generally raffish dress.
A lonely orphan, Lilli, lands a job with a raffish and run-down carnival. The wide-eyed and innocent orphan is mesmerized by its gritty, tawdry glamour. -- Anonymous review of the play Carnival.
Raffish (a.) Appealing to or frequented by dissolute or disreputable people; as, a raffish night club.
Raffish (a.) Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce].
Raffish (a.) Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors" -- Crary Moore [syn: devil-may-care, raffish, rakish].
Raffle (n.) A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.
Raffle (n.) A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. [Obs.] -- Cotgrave.
Raffled (imp. & p. p.) of Raffle.
Raffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raffle.
Raffle (v. i.) To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
Raffle (v. t.) To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.
Raffle (n.) A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money.
Raffle (v.) Dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas" [syn: raffle, raffle off].
Reave (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Reaved (r[=e]vd), Reft (r[e^]ft), or Raft (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving.] To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. "To reave his life." -- Spenser.
He golden apples raft of the dragon. -- Chaucer.
If the wooers reave By privy stratagem my life at home. -- Chapman.
To reave the orphan of his patrimony. -- Shak.
The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue. -- Tennyson.
Raft (n.) A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
Raft (n.) (Often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] (v.) Transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river".
Raft (n.) Travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River".
Raft (n.) Make into a raft; "raft these logs".
Raffler (n.) One who raffles.
Rafflesia (n.) (Bot.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species ({Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet.
Raft (v. t.) imp. & p. p. of Reave.
Raft (n.) A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.
Raft (n.) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation. [U.S.]
Raft (n.) [Perhaps akin to raff a heap.] A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] "A whole raft of folks." -- W. D. Howells.
Raft bridge. (a) A bridge whose points of support are rafts.
Raft bridge. (b) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened together.
Raft duck. [The name alludes to its swimming in dense flocks.] (Zool.) (a) The bluebill, or greater scaup duck; -- called also flock duck. See Scaup.
Raft duck. [The name alludes to its swimming in dense flocks.] (Zool.) (b) The redhead.
Raft port (Naut.), A large, square port in a vessel's side for loading or unloading timber or other bulky articles; a timber or lumber port.
Raft (Obs.) imp. & p. p. of Reave. -- Spenser.
Rafted (imp. & p. p.) of Raft.
Rafting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raft.
Raft (v. t.) To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
Reave (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Reaved (r[=e]vd), Reft (r[e^]ft), or Raft (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving.] To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. "To reave his life." -- Spenser.
He golden apples raft of the dragon. -- Chaucer.
If the wooers reave By privy stratagem my life at home. -- Chapman.
To reave the orphan of his patrimony. -- Shak.
The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue. -- Tennyson.
Raft (n.) A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
Raft (n.) (Often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad].
Raft (v.) Transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river".
Raft (v.) Travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River".
Raft (v.) Make into a raft; "raft these logs".
Rafte () (Obs.) imp. of Reave. -- Chaucer.
Rafter (n.) A raftsman.
Rafter (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post.
[Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds,
With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls. -- Milton.
Rafter (v. t.) To make into rafters, as timber.
Rafter (v. t.) To furnish with rafters, as a house.
Rafter (v. t.) (Agric.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.
Rafter (n.) One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof [syn: rafter, balk, baulk].
Rafter (n.) Someone who travels by raft [syn: raftsman, raftman, rafter].
Rafter (v.) Provide (a ceiling) with rafters.
Rafting (n.) The business of making or managing rafts.
Raftsmen (n. pl. ) of Raftsman
Raftsman (n.) A man engaged in rafting.
Raftsman (n.) Someone who travels by raft [syn: raftsman, raftman, rafter].
Rafty (a.) Damp; musty. [Prov. Eng.]
Rag (v. t.) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. [Prov. Eng.] -- Pegge.
Rag (n.) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed, And fluttered into rags. -- Milton.
Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. -- Fuller.
Rag (n.) pl. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. -- Dryden.
Rag (n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
The other zealous rag is the compositor. -- B. Jonson.
Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag. -- Spenser.
Rag (n.) (Geol.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
Rag (n.) (Metal Working) A ragged edge.
Rag (n.) A sail, or any piece of canvas. [Nautical Slang]
Our ship was a clipper with every rag set. -- Lowell.
Rag bolt, An iron pin with barbs on its shank to retain it in place.
Rag carpet, A carpet of which the weft consists of narrow strips of cloth sewed together, end to end.
Rag dust, Fine particles of ground-up rags, used in making papier-mach['e] and wall papers.
Rag wheel. (a) A chain wheel; a sprocket wheel.
Rag wheel. (b) A polishing wheel made of disks of cloth clamped together on a mandrel.
Rag wool, Wool obtained by tearing woolen rags into fine bits, shoddy.
Ragged (imp. & p. p.) of Rag.
Ragging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rag.
Rag (v. i.) To become tattered. [Obs.]
Rag (v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
Rag (v. t.) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
Rag (v. t.) (Music) To play
or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time. [Colloq.]
Rag (v. t.) To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner
considered indecorous. [Colloq. or Slang] Ragabash
Rag (n.) A small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter].
Rag (n.) A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities [syn: rag, rag week].
Rag (n.) Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) [syn: ragtime, rag].
Rag (n.) Newspaper with half-size pages [syn: tabloid, rag, sheet].
Rag (n.) A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students).
Rag (v.) Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate].
Rag (v.) Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil].
Rag (v.) Play in ragtime; "rag that old tune".
Rag (v.) Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride].
Rag (v.) Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast].
Rag (v.) Break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore".
Ragabash (n.) Alt. of Ragabrash.
Ragabrash (n.) An idle, ragged person. -- Nares. -- Grose.
Ragamuffin (n.) 骯髒襤褸的人（尤指貧窮襤褸的兒童） A paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch. -- Dryden.
Ragamuffin (n.) A person who wears ragged clothing. [Colloq.]
Ragamuffin (n.) (Zool.) The long-tailed titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Ragamuffin (n.) A dirty shabbily clothed urchin [syn: {ragamuffin}, {tatterdemalion}].
Rage (n.) （一陣）狂怒，盛怒 [C] [U]；（風浪，火勢等）狂暴，肆虐 [C] [U] Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will. "In great rage of pain." -- Bacon.
He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. -- Macaulay.
Convulsed with a rage of grief. -- Hawthorne.
Rage (n.) Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. -- Milton.
Rage (n.) A violent or raging wind. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Rage (n.) The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage.
Syn: Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See {Anger}.
Raged (imp. & p. p.) of Rage.
Raging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rage.
Rage (v. i.) 發怒，怒斥 [（+at/ about/ against/ over）]；猖獗，肆虐，激烈進行 To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged." -- Milton.
When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted Even to falling. -- Shak.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light Do not go gentle into that good night. -- Dylan Thomas.
Rage (v. i.) To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds.
Why do the heathen rage? -- Ps. ii. 1.
The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. -- Milton.
Rage (v. i.) To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo.
Rage (v. i.) To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Syn: To storm; fret; chafe; fume.
Rage (v. t.) To enrage. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Rage (n.) A feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [syn: {fury}, {rage}, {madness}]
Rage (n.) A state of extreme anger; "she fell into a rage and refused to answer".
Rage (n.) Something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him" [syn: {rage}, {passion}].
Rage (n.) Violent state of the elements; "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks".
Rage (n.) An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: {fad}, {craze}, {furor}, {furore}, {cult}, {rage}].
Rage (v.) Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger [syn: {ramp}, {rage}, {storm}].
Rage (v.) Be violent; as of fires and storms.
Rage (v.) Feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"
Rageful (a.) 狂怒的，盛怒的 Full of rage; expressing rage. [Obs.] "Rageful eyes." -- Sir P. Sidney.
Ragery (n.) Wantonness. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ragged (a.) 衣衫襤褸的，參差的，不協調的，粗糙的，刺耳的 Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
Ragged (a.) Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.
Ragged (a.) Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.]
"A ragged noise of mirth." -- Herbert.
Ragged (a.) Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
Ragged (a.) Rough; shaggy; rugged.
What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? -- Dryden.
Ragged lady (Bot.), The fennel flower ({Nigella Damascena).
Ragged robin (Bot.), A plant of the genus Lychnis ({Lychnis Flos-cuculi), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes.
Ragged sailor (Bot.), Prince's feather ({Polygonum orientale).
Ragged school, A free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first
because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] -- Rag"ged*ly, adv. -- Rag"ged*ness, n. Raggie
Ragged (a.) Being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp".
Ragged (a.) Worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged".
Ragged (a.) Having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line".
Raggie (a.) Alt. of Raggy.
Raggy (a.) Ragged; rough. [Obs.] "A stony and raggie hill." -- Holland.
Raghuvansa (n.) A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty.
Raging () a. & n. From {Rage}, v. i. -- {Ra"ging*ly}, adv.
Raging (a.) Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" [syn: {hot}, {raging}].
Raging (a.) Very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache".
Raging (a.) (Of the elements) As if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn: {angry}, {furious}, {raging}, {tempestuous}, {wild}].
Raging (a.) 劇烈的；嚴重的；極端的 Very severe or extreme.
// A raging toothache.
// A raging thirst.
// He's got a raging (= high) temperature.
// A raging bore.
Raging (a.) 猛烈的；狂暴的；兇猛的 Very strong or violent.
// A raging temper.
// The rain had turned the stream into a raging torrent.
Ragious (a.) Raging; furious; rageful. [Obs.] -- {Ra"gious*ness}, n. [Obs.]
Raglan (n.) A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named after Lord
Raglan, () An English general who was an aide-de-camp to Wellington at Waterlooo.
Raglan (n.) An overcoat with raglan sleeves.
Raglan (n.) a garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves
Ragmen (n. pl. ) of Ragman.
Ragman (n.) A man who collects, or deals in, rags.
Ragman (n.) A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal bull. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman.
Ragman's roll () The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. D. 1296. [Also written ragman-roll.] Ragnarok
Ragout (n.) A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.
Ragout (n.) Well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables.
Ragpicker (n.) One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.
Ragpicker (n.) An unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood.
Raguled (a.) Alt. of Ragguled.
Ragguled (a.) (Her.) Notched in regular diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge.
Ragweed (n.) A common American composite weed ({Ambrosia artemisiaefolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
Great+ragweed,+A+coarse+American+herb+({Ambrosia+trifida">Great ragweed, a coarse American herb ({Ambrosia trifida), with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.
Ragweed (n.) Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed
in quantity [syn: ragwort, tansy ragwort, ragweed, benweed, Senecio jacobaea].
Ragweed (n.) Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma [syn: ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed].
Ragwork (n.) A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones.
Ragwort (n.) A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio.
Note: Senecio aureus is the golden ragwort of the United States; Senecio elegans is the purple ragwort of South Africa.
Ragwort
(n.)
Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an
obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity [syn:
ragwort, tansy ragwort, ragweed,
benweed, Senecio jacobaea].
Ragwort (n.) American ragwort with yellow flowers [syn: butterweed, ragwort, Senecio glabellus].
Raia (n.) (Zool.) A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate.
Raiae (n. pl.) (Zool.) The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called also Rajae, and Rajii.
Raid (n.) A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
Marauding chief! his sole delight The moonlight raid, the morning fight. -- Sir W. Scott.
There are permanent conquests, temporary occupations, and occasional raids. -- H. Spenser.
Note: A Scottish word which came into common use in the United States during the Civil War, and was soon extended in its application.
Raid (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury. [Colloq. U. S.]
Raided (imp. & p. p.) of Raid.
Raiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raid.
Raid (v. t.) To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.
Raid (n.) A sudden short attack [syn: foray, raid, maraud].
Raid (n.) An attempt by speculators to defraud investors
Raid (v.) Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house" [syn: raid, bust]
Raid (v.) Enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" [syn: foray into, raid].
Raid (v.) Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies".
Raid (v.) Search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator".
RAID, () Redundant Array of Independent / Inexpensive Disks (HDD, RAID)
RAID, () Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks.
Raider (n.) One who engages in a raid. [U.S.]
Raider (n.) Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter].
Raider (n.) A corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management.
Rail (n.) An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women. -- Fairholt.
Rail (v. i.) To flow forth; to roll out; to course. [Obs.]
Streams of tears from her fair eyes forth railing. -- Spenser.
Rail (n.) A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc.