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See also: RAID and ráid

English

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Etymology

From Scots raid, from Northern Middle English rade, from Old English rād (“a riding, an expedition on horseback, road”), whence also the inherited English road (“way, street”). The earlier senses of “a riding, expedition, raid” fell into disuse in Early Modern English, but were revived in the northern form raid by Walter Scott in the early 19th century. The use for a swift police operation appears in the later 19th century and may perhaps have been influenced by French razzia (similar in both original meaning and sound).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹeɪd/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

raid (plural raids)

  1. (military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
    • 1805, Sir Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel, page 109:
      Marauding chief! his sole delight / The moonlight raid, the morning fight.
    • 1872, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Biology, volume 1, page 315:
      There are permanent conquests, temporary occupation, and occasional raids.
  2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
    a police raid of a narcotics factory
    a raid of contractors on the public treasury
    • 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman‎:
      For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.
  3. (sports) An attacking movement.
    • 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport‎:
      The athletic Walker, one of Tottenham's more effective attacking elements with his raids from right-back, made a timely intervention after Rose had been dispossessed and even Aaron Lennon was needed to provide an interception in the danger zone to foil another attempt by the Russians.
  4. (Internet) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
    • 2017 November 3, Ethan Gach, “What Twitch's New Raiding System Means For Streamers”, in Kotaku‎, archived from the original on November 9, 2017:
      Now that Twitch is making raids an official part of the platform, however, some streamers think the new feature will make it easier to participate in the positive aspects of raiding.
    • 2017 October 20, Sarah Perez, “Twitch unveils a suite of new tools to help creators grow their channels and make money”, in TechCrunch‎, archived from the original on November 4, 2017:
      Now streamers can use a new feature that lets their viewers join a raid then drive traffic to another streamer with just a click.
  5. (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

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Verb

raid (third-person singular simple present raids, present participle raiding, simple past and past participle raided)

  1. (transitive) To engage in a raid against.
    The police raided the gambling den.
    The soldiers raided the village and burned it down.
    A group of mobsters raided an art museum and stole a bunch of paintings.
  2. (transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.
  3. (transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.
    I raided the fridge for snacks.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Spanish: raid
  • → French: raid
  • → Italian: raid
  • → Polish: rajd
  • → Romanian: raid
  • → Swedish: räd

Translations

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish raid, from English raid.

Pronunciation

Noun

raid inan

  1. (military) raid
    Synonym: razzia
  2. long-distance race, rally

Declension

Declension of raid (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive raid raida raidak
ergative raidek raidak raidek
dative raidi raidari raidei
genitive raiden raidaren raiden
comitative raidekin raidarekin raidekin
causative raidengatik raidarengatik raidengatik
benefactive raidentzat raidarentzat raidentzat
instrumental raidez raidaz raidez
inessive raidetan raidean raidetan
locative raidetako raideko raidetako
allative raidetara raidera raidetara
terminative raidetaraino raideraino raidetaraino
directive raidetarantz raiderantz raidetarantz
destinative raidetarako raiderako raidetarako
ablative raidetatik raidetik raidetatik
partitive raidik — —
prolative raidtzat — —

Further reading

  • "raid" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English raid, from Scots raid. Doublet of rade from Middle English.

Pronunciation

Noun

raid m (plural raids)

  1. (military) raid

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Further reading

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English raid, from Scots raid. Doublet of rade from Middle English.

Pronunciation

Noun

raid m (invariable)

  1. raid, incursion
  2. long-distance race or rally

References

  1. ^ raid in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French raid, from English raid, from Scots raid.

Noun

raid n (plural raiduri)

  1. raid

Declension

Declension of raid
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) raid raidul (niște) raiduri raidurile
genitive/dative (unui) raid raidului (unor) raiduri raidurilor
vocative raidule raidurilor

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English rade, northern variant of rode, from Old English rād.

Pronunciation

Noun

raid (plural raids)

  1. raid

Descendants

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English raid, from Scots raid. Doublet of rade from Middle English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraid/
  • Rhymes: -aid
  • Syllabification: raid

Noun

raid m (plural raides)

  1. raid (military)
  2. attempt
  3. long-distance race

Further reading

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *raita, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spraiþō.

Noun

raid

  1. willow

Inflection

Inflection of raid (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. raid
genitive sing. raidan
partitive sing. raidad
partitive plur. raidoid
singular plural
nominative raid raidad
accusative raidan raidad
genitive raidan raidoiden
partitive raidad raidoid
essive-instructive raidan raidoin
translative raidaks raidoikš
inessive raidas raidoiš
elative raidaspäi raidoišpäi
illative raidaha raidoihe
adessive raidal raidoil
ablative raidalpäi raidoilpäi
allative raidale raidoile
abessive raidata raidoita
comitative raidanke raidoidenke
prolative raidadme raidoidme
approximative I raidanno raidoidenno
approximative II raidannoks raidoidennoks
egressive raidannopäi raidoidennopäi
terminative I raidahasai raidoihesai
terminative II raidalesai raidoilesai
terminative III raidassai —
additive I raidahapäi raidoihepäi
additive II raidalepäi raidoilepäi
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