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ras — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • avalanche noun A large mass of snow and ice that suddenly breaks loose and slides down a mountainside.
  • breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  • crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
  • race noun A contest to see who is fastest at reaching a goal.
  • racial adjective Relating to race or a particular racial group.

Senses

ras is used for these senses in English:

  • avalanche A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
  • avalanche (by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
  • crash (finance) A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).
  • mudslide A geological event in which viscous mud flows down an incline.
  • racial Of or relating to a race (or a people).

avalanche — full definition

  1. noun A large mass of snow and ice that suddenly breaks loose and slides down a mountainside.
  2. noun A sudden, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
  3. verb To come down or arrive suddenly and overwhelmingly, like an avalanche.

breed — full definition

  1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
  3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
  4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

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