📖 R — The English dictionary · page 6

rap — Everyday, meaning 1: Rap is a kind of music where words are spoken quickly in rhythm over a beat, instead of being sung.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To rap means to perform this kind of music.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A rap is a quick, sharp knock or hit, as in «a rap on the door».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To rap means to knock or hit quickly and sharply.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (informal) «A rap on the knuckles» is a mild telling-off; «take the rap» means to take the blame or punishment, often for someone else.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (US, informal) A rap sheet is a police record of crimes.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: To rap out words means to say them suddenly and sharply.↗ Example: We wrote a rap about the times tables.↗ · There was a sharp rap at the window.↗ · The teacher rapped on the desk for silence.↗ · My brother loves rap music.↗ · I took the rap for breaking the vase, but it was the dog.↗ · Spiders get a bad rap, but most are harmless.↗ · She can rap really fast without missing a word.↗ · “Hold your tongue, John,” his father rapped out.↗

rapeseed — Everyday, meaning 1: Rapeseed is a plant with bright yellow flowers, grown in fields for its seeds.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The oil pressed from these seeds is rapeseed oil, a common cooking oil (called canola oil in Canada, the USA and Australia).↗ Example: The hills were covered in bright yellow rapeseed.↗ · Mum fries potatoes in rapeseed oil.↗ · Bees love the flowers of rapeseed.↗ · Rapeseed belongs to the cabbage family.↗ · In Canada rapeseed oil is called canola oil.↗ · The farmer will harvest the rapeseed in summer.↗ · Rapeseed fields can make some people sneeze.↗

rapid — Everyday, meaning 1: Rapid means very fast or happening quickly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rapids are parts of a river where the water flows very fast over rocks.↗ Example: The town saw rapid growth when the factory opened.↗ · Her heart was beating at a rapid rate.↗ · We went rafting on the rapids.↗ · The tadpoles' rapid change into frogs amazed us.↗ · The fire spread at a rapid pace.↗ · Never swim near rapids.↗ · She wondered at the rapid flight of the Monkeys, but was glad the journey was over.↗

rapidity — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Great speed; how fast something happens.↗ Example: The fire spread with alarming rapidity.↗ · The rapidity of his answer surprised the teacher.↗ · Cheetahs run with great rapidity.↗ · The rapidity of the reaction increased when we heated it.↗ · The news travelled with rapidity.↗ · Children grow with surprising rapidity.↗ · "Sire," replied the Indian, "the rapidity of his movements took me so by surprise that he was out of hearing before I recovered my speech.↗

rapidly — Everyday, meaning 1: Very quickly; at a great speed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Happening in a short time (the town grew rapidly).↗ Example: The fire spread rapidly through the dry grass.↗ · The puppy is growing rapidly.↗ · Her heart beat rapidly before the race.↗ · The water level rose rapidly after the storm.↗ · Prices rose rapidly last month.↗ · He rapidly ate his lunch and ran out to play.↗ · Bacteria can multiply rapidly in warm food.↗ · “Let it be so,” she replied, and she dressed rapidly.↗

rapine — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Taking things by force, robbery or plunder.↗ Example: It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.↗ (Prophets NAM.3.1, JPS 1917)↗

rapper — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who performs rap music, speaking words in rhythm and rhyme over a beat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (rare) Something used for knocking, like a door knocker.↗ Example: My cousin wants to be a rapper when he grows up.↗ · The rapper performed his new song at the festival.↗ · Our class wrote a rap about the water cycle and Josh was the rapper.↗ · A good rapper needs great rhythm and clever rhymes.↗ · The rapper's lyrics were about growing up in the city.↗ · The old door had a brass rapper shaped like a lion.↗

rapt — Everyday, meaning 1: So interested in something that you notice nothing else, as in «rapt attention».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Filled with deep joy or wonder, carried away by a feeling.↗ Example: The children listened with rapt attention to the story.↗ · The Rat stood rapt, hearing the music of the pipes.↗ · She watched the fireworks with a rapt face.↗ · He was rapt in thought and did not hear the bell.↗ · The audience sat rapt as the magician worked.↗ · Mole gazed in rapt wonder at the Friend on the island.↗ · The baby was rapt, watching the fish in the tank.↗

raptor — Everyday, meaning 1: A raptor is a bird of prey: a bird that hunts other animals with strong feet, sharp curved claws (talons) and a hooked beak, such as an eagle, hawk, falcon or owl.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A raptor is a short name for some meat-eating dinosaurs, especially velociraptor and its relatives (dromaeosaurs).↗ Example: Eagles, hawks and owls are all raptors.↗ · The raptor grabbed the mouse with its sharp talons.↗ · We visited a raptor centre and held a barn owl.↗ · Raptors have amazing eyesight for spotting prey.↗ · Peregrine falcons are the fastest raptors when they dive.↗ · In the film, the raptors opened the kitchen door.↗ · Real raptor dinosaurs were covered in feathers.↗ · The raptor circled high above the field.↗

rapture — Everyday, meaning 1: A feeling of great joy and delight.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «In raptures» or «go into raptures» means very excited and pleased about something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) For some Christians, especially in the USA, «the Rapture» is a belief that Christ will take believers up to heaven at the end of time; many other Christians do not hold this belief.↗ Example: Toad went into raptures over the motor-car.↗ · The Mole gazed at the river in rapture.↗ · She was in raptures about her new puppy.↗ · The crowd cheered with rapture when the band came on.↗ · Rapture filled her heart as she saw the sea.↗ · He listened to the music in silent rapture.↗ · (church) Some Christians believe in the Rapture; others do not.↗ · "How gloriously it shines!" cried Jason, in a rapture.↗

rapturous — Everyday, meaning 1: Full of great joy and excitement: «rapturous applause».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Showing extreme delight.↗ Example: The band got a rapturous welcome.↗ · The audience burst into rapturous applause.↗ · Toad dreamed of rapturous crowds cheering his name.↗ · The winning team got a rapturous reception at home.↗ · She gave a rapturous cry when she saw the puppy.↗ · Their rapturous faces said it all.↗

rapturously — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that shows great joy, so happy that you are carried away with delight.↗ Example: The crowd cheered rapturously when the prince returned.↗ · She listened rapturously to the music.↗ · «How clever I am!» he crowed rapturously.↗

rare — Everyday, meaning 1: Rare means not happening often or not found often; there are only a few of it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rare (about meat, especially steak) means cooked only a little, so it is still red inside.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In old or informal speech, rare can mean very or extremely.↗ Example: Snow is rare in Sydney.↗ · The giant panda is a rare animal.↗ · This rare stamp is worth a lot of money.↗ · It's rare for our teacher to be late.↗ · In rare cases, a bee sting can be dangerous.↗ · He likes his steak rare.↗ · Getting six sixes in a row is very rare.↗ · A shooting star is a rare and lucky sight.↗ · “That'll be rare nasty,” says the cook.↗ · I will make man more rare than fine gold, even man than the pure gold of Ophir.↗ (Prophets ISA.13.12, JPS 1917)↗

rarely — Everyday, meaning 1: Rarely means not often; almost never.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rarely can also mean unusually, as in «a rarely beautiful day» (older use).↗ Example: It rarely snows here in April.↗ · My grandma rarely watches television.↗ · We rarely eat out, so tonight is special.↗ · Owls are rarely seen in the daytime.↗ · He is rarely late for school.↗ · Rarely have I seen such a big dog.↗ · Sharks rarely attack people.↗ · These battles between boys rarely end well.↗ · All these translations are out of print and are rarely found even in well regulated libraries.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

rarity — Everyday, meaning 1: A rarity is a thing or event that is rare, which means it is not often seen or found.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rarity is the quality of being rare.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (collecting, games) Rarity is how rare an item, card or stamp is, which often makes it more valuable.↗ Example: Snow in Perth is a rarity.↗ · Because of its rarity, the stamp is worth a lot of money.↗ · That card's rarity makes everyone want it.↗ · A sunny day on our camping trip was a rarity.↗ · The museum shows rarities like a dodo skeleton.↗ · In the game, items come in four rarity levels.↗ · A white kangaroo is a rarity.↗ · And she was still thinking of the subject, and how delightful it would be to possess such rarities, when the princes, her brothers, returned from the chase.↗

rascal — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, affectionate) A cheeky, naughty child or animal who makes mischief but is loved.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old) A dishonest person; a rogue.↗ Example: Come here, you little rascal!↗ · The puppy is a rascal; it chewed my shoe.↗ · My brother is a cheeky rascal.↗ · The rascal stole the pies from the window.↗ · Those rascals rang our doorbell and ran away.↗ · Grandpa calls me his favourite rascal.↗ · "What! are you here, you old rascal?↗

rascally — Everyday, meaning 1: Naughty, sly or dishonest in a playful way; like a rascal (a cheeky, roguish person).↗ Example: The rascally fox stole the hen.↗ · He gave a rascally grin.↗ · The rascally boys hid the teacher's chalk.↗

rase — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: An old spelling of "raze": to tear a building down to the ground.↗ Example: Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said: 'Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.'↗ (Writings PSA.137.7, JPS 1917)↗

rash — Everyday, meaning 1: An area of red spots, bumps or blotches on the skin, often itchy, caused by an illness, an allergy or something that irritates the skin.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, rash means acting too quickly without thinking about what might happen: a rash decision.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A rash of something is many of them in a short time: a rash of break-ins.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Rash can also mean a rush, a tall grass or reed that grows in wet places.↗ Example: I came out in an itchy rash after touching the nettles.↗ · Chickenpox gives you a spotty rash.↗ · The cream helped the rash go away.↗ · Tell an adult if you get a rash and a fever.↗ · Some people get a rash from certain foods.↗ · It was rash to cross the road without looking.↗ · Don't make a rash decision; think first.↗ · There was a rash of colds in our class this week.↗ · Deirdre grew like the white sapling, straight and trim as the rash on the moss.↗ · The words'' Sepher Yetzirah " are written in Hebrew from right to left, SPR YTzYRH, Samech Peh Rash, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.↗ (Prophets ISA.32.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.↗ (Writings ECC.5.1, JPS 1917)↗

rashly — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Hastily and without thinking.↗ Example: For they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.↗ (Writings PSA.106.33, JPS 1917)↗ · It is a snare to a man rashly to say: 'Holy', and after vows to make inquiry.↗ (Writings PRO.20.25, JPS 1917)↗

rasp — Everyday, meaning 1: A rasp is a rough harsh sound, like a scraping voice.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A rasp is a coarse file, a tool for shaping wood or metal.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To rasp is to say something in a rough, harsh voice, or to scrape with a rough tool.↗ Example: «Who's there?» rasped the old man.↗ · We used a rasp to smooth the wooden edge.↗ · His cough had a rasp to it.↗ · The door rasped on the stone floor.↗ · The cat's tongue feels rough like a rasp.↗ · Her voice was a dry rasp after the cold.↗

raspberry — Everyday, meaning 1: A raspberry is a small, soft, red fruit made of tiny round parts, that grows on a bush.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) To blow a raspberry is to stick out your tongue and blow, making a rude noise like a fart; US also «Bronx cheer».↗ Example: We picked raspberries in Grandma's garden.↗ · I love raspberry jam on toast.↗ · A raspberry has tiny seeds.↗ · The baby blew a raspberry and laughed.↗ · He blew a raspberry at his sister, which was rude.↗ · A punnet holds 150 grams of raspberries.↗ · Raspberry ripple ice cream is my favourite.↗ · Raspberries can be red, yellow or black.↗ · There were plenty of bilberries and elder berries, but no raspberries.↗

rasping — Everyday, meaning 1: Harsh, rough and scratchy in sound: «a rasping voice», «a rasping cough».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) Making a harsh, scraping sound, or rubbing with a rough tool: «rasping the wood smooth».↗ Example: The old pirate spoke in a rasping voice.↗ · I could hear a rasping cough from the next room.↗ · The door opened with a rasping creak.↗ · The carpenter was rasping the edges of the wood.↗ · The cat's rough tongue made a rasping sound on my hand.↗ · After shouting at the match, his voice was rasping.↗