raik

See also: ráik

English

Alternative forms

• rake

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English rake (“path”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse rák (“trail”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *rēkō, *raką, *rakō, *rakǭ (“file of tracks, line”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪk/
• Rhymes: -eɪk
• Homophone: rake

Noun

raik (plural raiks)

1. (Scotland and Northern England) A walk, or a journey taken on foot.
2. (Scotland and Northern England) The movement of animals while grazing.
3. (Scotland and Northern England) The pastureland over which animals graze.

Synonyms

• (journey on foot): see Thesaurus:journey

Verb

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

1. (Scotland and Northern England) To walk; to graze

Synonyms

• (to walk): see Thesaurus:walk

Anagrams

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