different between raze vs baze

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: r?z, IPA^(key): /?e?z/
• Homophones: raise, rase, rays, rehs, réis, res
• Rhymes: -e?z

Etymology 1

From Middle English rasen, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *ras?, from Latin r?sus (“scraped, shaved”), perfect passive participle of r?d? (“scrape, shave”).

Verb

raze (third-person singular simple present razes, present participle razing, simple past and past participle razed)

1. (transitive) To demolish; to level to the ground.
2. (transitive) To destroy; to strike out of existence; to obliterate.
3. (transitive) To scrape as if with a razor.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

raze

1. Obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).

Etymology 3

Noun

raze (plural razes)

1. A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.

Further reading

• raze (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Azer., Ezra, Reza

Dutch

Verb

raze

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of razen

Anagrams

• Ezra

Friulian

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly of South Slavic or substrate origin. Compare Slovene raca, Romanian ra??.

Noun

raze f (plural razis)

1. duck

Etymology 2

Compare Italian razza.

Noun

raze f (plural razis)

1. race
2. breed
3. strain

English

Alternative forms

• baize

Etymology

Origin uncertain, but apparently identical with Dutch bazen, verbazen (“to astonish, stupefy”), obsolete German basen (“to rave”). Compare also Scots baise (“confusion, bewilderment”).

Verb

baze (third-person singular simple present bazes, present participle bazing, simple past and past participle bazed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To stupefy; frighten; alarm.

Related terms

• basen

Anagrams

• Baez

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?baze/
• Hyphenation: ba?ze

Adverb

baze

1. basically

Related terms

• baza

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French baser (“base”).

Verb

baze

1. To base

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese base.

Alternative forms

• bazi (Sotavento)

Noun

baze

1. (Barlavento) base
2. (Barlavento) basis

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, ?ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?baz?/, [?baz?]

Noun

baze

1. nominative/accusative plural of baz

Portuguese

Verb

baze

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of bazar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of bazar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of bazar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of bazar