Rape
[reɪp] or [rep]
Definition
(noun.) the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will.
(noun.) the act of despoiling a country in warfare.
(noun.) Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop.
(verb.) destroy and strip of its possession; 'The soldiers raped the beautiful country'.
(verb.) force (someone) to have sex against their will; 'The woman was raped on her way home at night'.
Checker: Valerie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.
(n.) The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making.
(n.) A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.
(n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.
(n.) Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n.
(n.) That which is snatched away.
(n.) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.
(v. t.) To commit rape upon; to ravish.
(v. i.) To rob; to pillage.
(n.) One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire.
(n.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Violation, defloration, constupration, ravishment, defilement, carnal knowledge of a woman (forcibly and against her will).
n. (Bot.) Navew, French turnip (Brassica napus).
Checked by Cecily
Definition
n. the stalk and skin of grapes.
n. the act of seizing and carrying away by force: carnal knowledge of a woman without her consent.—adj. Rape′ful given to violence or lust.
n. a plant nearly allied to the turnip cultivated for its herbage and oil-producing seeds: cole-seed.—ns. Rape′-cake cake made of the refuse after the oil has been expressed from the rape-seed; Rape′-oil oil obtained from rape-seed; Rape′-seed the seed of the rape cole-seed.
n. a division of the county of Sussex greater than the hundred.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that rape has been committed among your acquaintances, denotes that you will be shocked at the distress of some of your friends. For a young woman to dream that she has been the victim of rape, foretells that she will have troubles, which will wound her pride, and her lover will be estranged.
Editor: Rosanne
Examples
- I think we appreciated the great figure of David in the grand square, and the sculptured group they call the Rape of the Sabines. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thus we can easily raise plenty of corn and rape-seed, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Conquerors have gone forth with the blessing of popes; a nation invokes its God before beginning a campaign of murder, rape and pillage. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was the Rape of the Sabines, and they chose it for the legs and busts. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Olga