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raid
[reyd] 
–noun
| 1. | a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring. |
| 2. | Military. a sudden attack on the enemy, as by air or by a small land force. |
| 3. | a vigorous, large-scale effort to lure away a competitor's employees, members, etc. |
| 4. | Finance. a concerted attempt of speculators to force stock prices down. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to make a raid on. |
| 6. | to steal from; loot: a worry that the investment fund is being raided. |
| 7. | to entice away from another: Large companies are raiding key personnel from smaller companies. |
| 8. | to indulge oneself by taking from, esp. in order to eat: raiding the cookie jar. |
–verb (used without object)
| 9. | to engage in a raid. |
Synonyms:
1. seizure. 2. incursion, invasion, inroad.
1. seizure. 2. incursion, invasion, inroad.
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| raid (rād) n.
v. tr. To make a raid on. v. intr. To conduct a raid or participate in one. [Scots, raid on horseback, from Middle English rade, from Old English rād, a riding, road; see reidh- in Indo-European roots.] raid'er n. Word History: Few soldiers traveling a road to carry out a raid would connect the words road and raid. However, both descend from the same Old English word rād. Old English rād meant "the act of riding" and "the act of riding with a hostile intent; that is, a raid," senses that no longer exist for our word road. The ai in raid represents the standard development in the northern dialects of Old English long a, while the oa in road represents the standard development of Old English long a in the rest of the English dialects. It was left to Sir Walter Scott to revive the Scots form raid with the sense "a military expedition on horseback." The Scots were not the only ones conducting raids, however. We find these words in the Middle English Coventry Leet Book: "aftur a Rode ... made uppon the Scottes at thende of this last somer." While road is not used in this way any more in English, a trace of this usage is still detectable in the compound inroad, literally "a riding or advance on or in." |
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Raid
Raid\, n. [Icel. rei[eth] 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.]
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Language Translation for : raid
Spanish:
incursión, ataque,
German:
der Überfall, die Razzia,
Japanese:
急襲
raid
c.1425, "military expedition on horseback," Scottish and northern English form of rade "a riding, journey," from O.E. rad "a riding" (see road). The word died out by 17c., but was revived by Scott, 1805 ("The Lay of the Last Minstrel") and 1818 ("Rob Roy"), with extended sense of "attack, foray." The verb is from 1865.
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| RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks |
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