rade

See also: Rade, råde, Råde, râde, Rađê, and Rađe

English

Noun

rade (plural rades)

  1. Obsolete spelling of road
  2. (Scotland) raid

Verb

rade

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of ride

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Unclear, somehow from Proto-Iranian *raśanā- (“rope”).

Noun

rade f (indefinite plural rade, definite singular radeja, definite plural radejat)

  1. rope

Synonyms

Danish

Noun

rade c

  1. plural indefinite of rad

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

rade

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of raden

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁad/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English rade.

Noun

rade f (plural rades)

  1. harbour

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Noun

rade m (plural rades)

  1. (slang, archaic) pavement (UK), sidewalk (US, Canada)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Back-formation from radeau.

Noun

rade m (plural rades)

  1. (slang) bar, counter (of cafe, bar etc.)

Etymology 4

Noun

rade m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of rhade

Further reading

Italian

Verb

rade

  1. third-person singular present indicative of radere

Adjective

rade

  1. feminine plural of rado

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

rāde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of rādō

References

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hræd, from Proto-Germanic *hradaz. Compare to rathe, from Old English hræþ.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rad/

Adjective

rade (comparative raddere, superlative raddeste)

  1. quick, fast, speedy
  2. rash, hasty, angry
  3. eager
Descendants
  • English: rad (obsolete)
References

Adverb

rade

  1. quickly, speedily

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hræddr, past participle of hræða (“to frighten”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rad/, /raːd/

Adjective

rade

  1. afraid, scared, terrified, fearful
References

Norman

Etymology

Origin uncertain.

Noun

rade f (plural rades)

  1. (Jersey, nautical) roadstead

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin rādere, present active infinitive of rādō.

Verb

a rade (third-person singular present rade, past participle ras) 3rd conj.

  1. to shave
  2. (reflexive) to shave oneself
    O să mă rad înainte de a pleca.
    I'm going to shave before leaving.

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