RAIK

Etymology 1

Noun

raik (plural raiks) (Northern England, Scotland)

(also, figurative) A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.

Synonym: Thesaurus:journey

The movement of animals while grazing.

The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.

(Scotland) A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.

Verb

raik (third-person singular simple present raiks, present participle raiking, simple past and past participle raiked)

(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) To walk; to roam, to wander.

Synonym: Thesaurus:walk

(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.

(transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To roam or wander through (somewhere).

Etymology 2

Noun

raik (plural raiks)

(Scotland) Alternative spelling of rake (“rate of progress; pace, speed”)

Anagrams

• Arik, Irak, Kari, Kira, Rika, ikra, krai, raki, rika

Source: Wiktionary



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