Raik

/ɹeɪk/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey. Northern-England, Scotland, also, figuratively
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of rake (“rate of progress; pace, speed”). Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    The movement of animals while grazing. Northern-England, Scotland
  4. 4
    The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray. Northern-England, Scotland
  5. 5
    A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported. Northern-England, Scotland
Verb
  1. 1
    To walk; to roam, to wander. Midlands, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive
  2. 2
    Of animals (especially sheep): to graze. Midlands, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive
  3. 3
    To roam or wander through (somewhere). Northern-England, Scotland, transitive

Synonyms

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walk

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rake (“path”), from Old Norse rák (“trail”), from Proto-Germanic *rēkō, *raką, *rakō, *rakǭ (“file of tracks, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)reg'-, *(o)reg'a- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, grazing”), Icelandic raka (“strip, series”), Norwegian røk (“grazing”), Norwegian rak (“wick”), Old English race, racu (“a run, riverbed”).

Etymology 2

See rake (noun) (etymology 4).

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