raid
(noun) an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
foray, raid, maraud
(noun) a sudden short attack
raid
(verb) search for something needed or desired; “Our babysitter raided our refrigerator”
raid
(verb) take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; “T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies”
raid, bust
(verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; “The police raided the crack house”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
raid (plural raids)
(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering
(sports) An attacking movement.
(Internet) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
(online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
• (hostile or predatory invasion): attack, foray, incursion
• (attack or invasion for making arrests, seizing property, or plundering): irruption
raid (third-person singular simple present raids, present participle raiding, simple past and past participle raided)
(transitive) To engage in a raid against.
(transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.
(transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.
• Aird, Dair, Dari, IARD, Irad, arid, dari, dira, riad
RAID
(computing) Acronym of redundant array of inexpensive (or independent) disks.
Coordinate terms: JBOD, SLED
• Aird, Dair, Dari, IARD, Irad, arid, dari, dira, riad
Source: Wiktionary
Raid, n. Etym: [Icel. reiedh a riding, raid; akin to E. road. See Road a way.]
1. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. Marauding chief! his sole delight. The moonlight raid, the morning fight. Sir W. Scott. There are permanent conquests, temporary occupation, and occasional raids. H. Spenser.
Note: A Scottish word which came into common use in the United States during the Civil War, and was soon extended in its application.
2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury. [Colloq. U. S.]
Raid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raided; p. pr. & vb. n. Raiding.]
Definition: To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
