raik

Meanings

Plural: raiks

Noun

A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
The movement of animals while grazing.
The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.
Alternative spelling of rake (“rate of progress; pace, speed”).

Verb

To walk; to roam, to wander.
Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
To roam or wander through (somewhere).

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

ambulate, fare, journey, pedestrianize, raik, sith, trip

Scrabble Score: 8

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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