Associations to the word «Rase»

Wiktionary

RASE, noun. A scratching out, or erasure
RASE, noun. A slight wound; a scratch
RASE, noun. 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
RASE, verb. (obsolete) to rub along the surface of; to graze
RASE, verb. (obsolete) to rub or scratch out; to erase
RASE, verb. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze
RASE, verb. To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow

Dictionary definition

RASE, verb. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley