Rase Pronunciation enPR: rÄz , IPA: /ɹeɪz/ Homophones: raise , rays , raze Rhymes: -eɪz Full definition of rase Noun A scratch ing out, or erasure A slight wound; a scratch A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it Verb (obsolete ) to rub along the surface of; to graze SouthWas he not in the ... neighbourhood to death? and might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone into his head? BeckfordSometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose. (obsolete ) to rub or scratch out; to erase FullerExcept we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. to level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze ChapmanTill Troy were by their brave hands rased , to be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow © Wiktionary
