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- ra proper noun (Ra — Egyptian god); abbreviation (RA, Ra); interjection (rah)
Ra (also Re) was the sun god of ancient Egypt, often shown with a falcon's head and the sun disc on top. - rabbi noun (a rabbi, rabbis)
1) A rabbi is a Jewish religious leader and teacher who leads a community, explains the Jewish holy books and leads services in a synagogue. - rabbit noun (rabbit, rabbits); verb (rabbit on — UK informal: talk a lot)
A rabbit is a small furry animal with long ears, strong back legs and a short fluffy tail that hops. - rabble noun (rabbles in the plural)
1) A rabble is a noisy, rough crowd of people who are not well behaved. 2) A rabble can also be a gang of rude, low people, said with scorn. - rabid adjective (rabid)
A rabid animal has rabies, a deadly disease that makes animals angry and attack. - rabies noun (rabies — uncountable, used with a singular verb)
Rabies is a very dangerous disease that animals such as dogs, bats, foxes and raccoons can pass to people, usually by biting. - raccoon noun (a raccoon, raccoons)
1) A raccoon is a grey furry animal from North America with a black "mask" across its eyes and a bushy striped tail. - race noun (race, races); verb (race, races, raced, racing)
1) A race is a contest to see who is fastest. 2) To race is to run or go very fast, often against others. 3) A race is a contest to be… - racecourse noun (a racecourse, racecourses)
A track or ground where races are held, especially horse races, with stands for people to watch: «Aintree racecourse». - racehorse noun (a racehorse, racehorses)
1) A racehorse is a horse that is bred and trained to run in races. 2) Racehorses are usually fast, slim breeds such as Thoroughbreds. - racer noun (a racer, racers)
A person, animal or machine that takes part in races: «a racing car driver is a racer». - racetrack noun (a racetrack, racetracks)
A track, usually an oval or loop, where horses, cars, bikes or runners race. - racial adjective
1) To do with race, the old idea of grouping people by skin colour, family background or where their ancestors came from: «racial… - racially adverb (racially)
1) In a way that is connected with race — the groups people are sometimes divided into because of skin colour, family background or where… - racism noun (racism — uncountable)
Racism is treating people unfairly, or thinking they are worse, because of their race, skin colour, nationality or ethnic group. - racist adjective (racist); noun (a racist, racists)
1) Racist describes words, actions or ideas that treat people unfairly or badly because of their race, skin colour or where their family… - rack noun (a rack, racks); verb (rack, racks, racked, racking)
A rack is a frame or shelf with bars, hooks or spaces for holding things, such as a coat rack, a bike rack or a toast rack. - racket noun (a racket, rackets)
A bat with a frame and strings, used to hit the ball in tennis, badminton or squash (also spelled "racquet"). - rad adjective (rad — slang); noun (a rad, rads — science, rare); abbreviation (rad)
Rad means really cool or great: «That skateboard trick was rad!». - radar noun (radar — uncountable; a radar)
1) Radar is a system that sends out radio waves and catches them when they bounce back, to find where planes, ships, storms or cars are… - radial adjective; noun (a radial, radials)
Spreading out from a centre, like the spokes of a wheel or the rays of the sun: «a radial pattern». - radiance noun (no plural in use)
1) Radiance is bright light shining out from something. 2) Radiance is a happy, glowing look on a face. - radiant adjective (radiant, more radiant, most radiant); noun (a radiant — science, rare)
1) Shining brightly; giving off light or warmth. 2) (of a person) Looking very happy, healthy or beautiful, as if glowing. 3) (science)… - radiation noun (radiation)
Radiation is energy that travels as invisible waves or tiny particles, like light, heat, X-rays and radio waves. - radiator noun (a radiator, radiators)
A radiator is a flat metal heater, usually under a window, that warms a room when hot water or steam flows through it. - radical adjective (radical, more radical, most radical); noun (a radical, radicals)
Very big and basic, changing the most important parts of something: a radical change. - radio noun (a radio, radios; the radio); verb (radio, radios, radioed, radioing)
A radio is a machine that receives sounds sent through the air by electric waves, so you can listen to music, news and talk. - radioactive adjective (radioactive; noun: radioactivity, uncountable)
Something radioactive gives off strong, invisible energy called radiation because the centres of its atoms are breaking apart. - radioactivity noun (radioactivity, uncountable)
Radioactivity is the giving off of invisible energy, called radiation, by the centres (nuclei) of some unstable atoms as they break down. - radiocarbon noun (radiocarbon, uncountable); adjective (radiocarbon)
A kind of carbon, called carbon-14, that is slightly radioactive and slowly breaks down over thousands of years. - radiograph noun (a radiograph, radiographs); verb (radiograph — rare)
1) A radiograph is an X-ray picture of the inside of the body or an object. - radiographic adjective (science, medicine)
To do with X-ray pictures and other images of the inside of the body or objects: «a radiographic image of the knee». - radish noun (a radish, radishes)
1) A radish is a small crunchy root vegetable, often red outside and white inside, with a hot peppery taste, usually eaten raw in salads. - radium noun (radium — uncountable)
1) A rare, radioactive metal element (symbol Ra) that gives off dangerous radiation and glows faintly in the dark. - radius noun (a radius, radii or radiuses)
A straight line from the centre of a circle to its edge, or the length of that line. - raf noun (abbreviation: RAF — the Royal Air Force)
The RAF: the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom, founded in 1918. - raffle noun (a raffle, raffles); verb (raffle, raffles, raffled, raffling)
A way of raising money where people buy numbered tickets and winning tickets are drawn to get prizes. - raft noun (a raft, rafts); verb (raft, rafts, rafted, rafting)
A raft is a flat floating platform, often made of logs, planks or barrels tied together, used to travel on water. - rafter noun (a rafter, rafters)
1) One of the long sloping beams of wood that hold up a roof. 2) (phrase) «packed to the rafters» = completely full of people or things. - rafts noun (plural of raft); verb (third person of raft: he rafts)
Rafts is more than one raft: flat floating platforms or rubber boats. - rag noun (a rag, rags); verb (rag, rags, ragged, ragging — UK informal)
A rag is a piece of old cloth used for cleaning or wiping. - ragamuffin noun (ragamuffins in the plural)
1) A ragamuffin is a dirty child in ragged, worn-out clothes. 2) A ragamuffin can also be a rude name for a shabby, poor person. - rage noun (rage, rages — usually uncountable); verb (rage, rages, raged, raging)
Rage is very strong anger that is hard to control. - ragged adjective (more ragged, most ragged)
Old and torn, with holes and loose threads: «a ragged coat». - raid noun (a raid, raids); verb (raid, raids, raided, raiding); noun: raider
A raid is a sudden attack on a place by soldiers, ships or aircraft. - raider noun (a raider, raiders)
A raider is a person who makes a sudden attack on a place, especially to steal things or cause damage, for example Viking raiders. - raiding verb form (present participle of raid: raid, raids, raided, raiding); noun (raiding — uncountable)
Raiding is making a sudden attack on a place, usually to steal things or catch people. - rail noun (a rail, rails; rail — the railway system); verb (rail — to complain angrily, rare)
A rail is a long bar fixed in place, used to hold on to, to hang things on, or to make a fence. - railing noun (a railing, railings)
A fence or barrier made of metal or wooden bars, often along stairs, a bridge or a balcony, to stop people falling. - railroad noun (a railroad, railroads); verb (railroad, railroads, railroaded, railroading — informal)
In American English, a railway: the track made of steel rails that trains run on, or the whole train system. - railway noun (a railway, railways)
A railway is a track made of metal rails for trains to run on. - raiment noun (raiment, uncountable)
1) (old, Bible) Clothing, especially fine clothes. - rain noun (rain); verb (rain, rains, rained, raining)
Rain is water that falls from clouds in drops. - rainbow noun (a rainbow, rainbows); adjective use (rainbow colours)
A rainbow is a curved band of colours that appears in the sky when sunlight shines through raindrops. - raincoat noun (a raincoat, raincoats)
1) A raincoat is a waterproof coat that you wear to keep dry in the rain. - raindrop noun (a raindrop, raindrops)
1) A raindrop is a single small drop of water that falls from a cloud as rain. - rainfall noun (rainfall, rainfalls)
Rainfall is the amount of rain that falls in a place in some time, like a day, a month or a year. - rainforest noun (rainforest, rainforests; also rain forest)
A rainforest is a thick forest of tall trees in a place where it rains a lot almost every month. - rainstorm noun (a rainstorm, rainstorms)
1) A storm with heavy rain, often with strong wind. - rainwater noun (rainwater — no plural)
1) Water that has fallen as rain. - rainy adjective (rainy, rainier, rainiest)
1) Rainy means with a lot of rain: a rainy day, a rainy country. 2) A rainy season is the time of year when it rains most. - raise verb (raise, raises, raised, raising); noun (a raise, raises — American)
To raise something is to lift it or move it higher. - raisin noun (a raisin, raisins)
1) A raisin is a dried grape, small, wrinkly, brown and sweet. - raj noun (the raj; Raj — a name)
The Raj, or British Raj, was the time when Britain ruled India. - raja noun (a raja, rajas; also spelled rajah)
1) A king or prince in India or other parts of South and Southeast Asia in the past. 2) A title of honour for an Indian ruler or nobleman. - rajah noun (rajahs in the plural)
1) A rajah was a king or prince who ruled a state in India long ago. - rake noun (a rake, rakes); verb (rake, rakes, raked, raking)
A rake is a garden tool with a long handle and a row of teeth or prongs at the end for gathering leaves or smoothing soil. - rakish adjective
1) Rakish means dashing, jaunty and a little cheeky, as in a hat set at a bold slant. - rakishly adverb (rakishly)
In a dashing, stylish and confident way, often slightly careless or cheeky: «a hat worn rakishly to one side». - rally noun (a rally, rallies); verb (rally, rallies, rallied, rallying)
A rally is a big public meeting where many people gather to support or protest about something. - ram noun (a ram, rams; RAM, computer memory); verb (ram, rams, rammed, ramming)
A ram is a male sheep, usually with big curled horns. - ramadan noun (Ramadan — a proper noun, written with a capital R)
The ninth month of the Islamic calendar, when many Muslims fast: they do not eat or drink from dawn until sunset. - ramble verb (ramble, rambles, rambled, rambling); noun (a ramble, rambles)
To walk for pleasure in the countryside, often without a fixed route. - ramification noun (a ramification, ramifications — usually plural)
A result or consequence of an action or decision, often one that is complicated or not expected. - ramp noun (a ramp, ramps); verb (ramp up — increase)
A sloping surface that joins a lower place and a higher place, used instead of steps. - rampart noun (ramparts in the plural)
A rampart is a high wall of earth or stone built to defend a town or castle. - rampion noun (rampions in the plural)
1) Rampion is a plant with a long, pale root that can be eaten in salads. - ramrod noun (ramrods in the plural)
A ramrod is a long, thin rod once used to push powder and shot down the barrel of an old gun. - ranch noun (a ranch, ranches); verb (ranch, ranches, ranched, ranching)
A very large farm, especially in the USA, Canada or Australia, where cattle, horses or sheep are raised. - rancher noun (a rancher, ranchers)
A person who owns or runs a ranch, a very large farm, mainly in the USA, Canada and Australia, where cattle, sheep or horses are raised. - rancid adjective
Smelling or tasting bad because it has gone off, especially fat, oil, butter, nuts or milk: «rancid butter». - rancour noun (rancour — UK; rancor — US; uncountable)
1) Bitter, deep anger or hatred that lasts a long time after someone has hurt you. - rand noun (a rand, rand or rands); also the Rand (a region)
The rand is the money of South Africa; one rand is made of 100 cents. - random adjective (random; more random, most random); noun (at random)
Random means happening or chosen with no plan, pattern or reason, so you cannot guess it beforehand. - randomly adverb (randomly)
Randomly means without a plan, pattern or reason, so that you cannot predict what will happen. - randomness noun (randomness — uncountable)
Randomness is the quality of happening by chance, with no pattern, plan or way to predict exactly what will happen. - randy noun (a name: Randy; also adjective randy — rude, for adults)
Randy is a boy's or man's name, often short for Randall or Randolph. - range noun (range, ranges); verb (range, ranges, ranged, ranging)
In maths, the range is the difference between the smallest and the biggest of a set of numbers. - ranger noun (ranger, rangers)
A ranger is a person whose job is to look after a park, forest or wild area, protect its animals and plants, and help and guide visitors. - rank noun (a rank, ranks); verb (rank, ranks, ranked, ranking); adjective (rank — smelly)
A position in a group or list, higher or lower than others: She is first in rank. - ranking noun (a ranking, rankings); adjective (ranking); verb form (rank, ranks, ranked, ranking)
A position in a list that shows how good or important someone or something is compared with others: «a world ranking of 5». - rankle verb (rankles, rankled, rankling)
To rankle is to keep causing hurt, anger or bitterness for a long time, long after the event is over. - ransacked verb (ransack, ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)
To ransack a place is to search it roughly and messily, turning everything over and leaving it in a mess. - ransom noun (a ransom, ransoms); verb (ransom, ransoms, ransomed, ransoming)
A ransom is money demanded by criminals to set free a person they have kidnapped or to give back something they have taken. - rant verb (rant, rants, ranted, ranting); noun (a rant, rants)
To talk or shout for a long time in an angry, excited way, often without listening to others. - rap noun (rap, uncountable — music; a rap, raps); verb (rap, raps, rapped, rapping)
Rap is a kind of music where words are spoken quickly in rhythm over a beat, instead of being sung. - rapeseed noun (rapeseed — uncountable); also called rape, oilseed rape, canola
Rapeseed is a plant with bright yellow flowers, grown in fields for its seeds. - rapid adjective (rapid, more rapid, most rapid); noun (rapids — plural)
1) Rapid means very fast or happening quickly. 2) Rapids are parts of a river where the water flows very fast over rocks. - rapidity noun (rapidity, uncountable)
1) (formal) Great speed; how fast something happens. - rapidly adverb (from the adjective «rapid»)
1) Very quickly; at a great speed. 2) Happening in a short time (the town grew rapidly).
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