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ras

Pronunciation: /rɑːs/

“ras” is a Swedish word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a race (a large group of individuals of the same species set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage), a breed
  2. a collapse (of a building)
  3. a mudslide (geological disaster)
  4. a cave in, a collapse inward or downward
  5. a fall (of stock market values)
  6. romp, frolic (lively play)

Etymology

From Old Norse rás (“race”), from Proto-Germanic *rēsō.

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