'Raze' definitions:
Definition of 'raze'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Raze'
From: GCIDE
- Raze \Raze\ (r[=a]z), n. [See Race.] A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Raze'
From: GCIDE
- Raze \Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razed (r[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.] [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.]
- 1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate. [1913 Webster]
- Razing the characters of your renown. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish. [1913 Webster]
- The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'raze'
From: GCIDE
- Rase \Rase\ (r[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rased (r[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rasing.] [F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq. fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. Raze, Razee, Razor, Rodent.]
- 1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [Obsoles.] [1913 Webster]
- Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone into his head? --South. [1913 Webster]
- Sometimes his feet rased the surface of the water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose. --Beckford. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.] [1913 Webster]
- Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze. [In this sense raze is generally used.] [1913 Webster]
- Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They would not turn home. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it. [1913 Webster]
- Rasing iron, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from the seams of a vessel. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'raze'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abrase,
- align,
- bark,
- beat down,
- blot,
- blot out,
- blow down,
- blow over,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- break down,
- bring down,
- bulldog,
- bulldoze,
- burn down,
- cancel,
- cast down,
- chafe,
- chop down,
- cross out,
- cut down,
- dash down,
- decimate,
- deck,
- dele,
- delete,
- demolish,
- destroy,
- down,
- drop,
- efface,
- equalize,
- erase,
- erode,
- even,
- expunge,
- fell,
- fetch down,
- file,
- flatten,
- floor,
- flush,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- gall,
- gnaw,
- gnaw away,
- grade,
- grate,
- graze,
- grind,
- ground,
- hew down,
- knock down,
- knock over,
- lay,
- lay down,
- lay flat,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- level,
- mow down,
- obliterate,
- precipitate,
- prostrate,
- pull down,
- rase,
- rasp,
- roll,
- roll flat,
- rub away,
- rub off,
- rub out,
- ruin,
- rule out,
- scour,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scratch out,
- scrub,
- scuff,
- send headlong,
- skin,
- smash,
- smooth,
- smooth out,
- smoothen,
- sponge,
- sponge out,
- spread-eagle,
- steamroll,
- steamroller,
- strike out,
- supinate,
- take down,
- tear down,
- throw,
- throw down,
- topple,
- trip,
- tumble,
- unbuild,
- undo,
- unmake,
- wear,
- wear away,
- whack down,
- wipe out,
- wrack,
- wreck