rape
nounEtymology
Generally considered to derive from Old English rāp (“rope”), in reference to the ropes used to delineate the courts that ruled each rape. Compare Dutch reep and the parish of Rope, Cheshire. In the 18th century, Edward Lye proposed derivation from Old Norse hreppr (“tract of land”), but this was rejected by the New English Dictionary and is considered "phonologically impossible" by the English Place-Name Society. Others, considering it improbable that the Normans would have adopted a local word, suggest derivation from Old French raper (“take by force”). See Wikipedia for more.
Definitions
The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will
The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on, perpetrated by, or forced to penetrate any being.
- Last April the media world exploded in indignation at the rape and beating of a jogger in Central Park.
- Castor and Pollux are one set of twins birthed by Leda after her rape by Zeus in swan form; […]
An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly…
An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary.
The taking of something by force
The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
- the Rape of Nanjing
- Ruin'd orphans of thy rapes complain.
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The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.
- Sat. Traytor, if Rome haue law, or we haue power, Thou and thy Faction shall repent this Rape. Bass. Rape call you it my Lord, to cease my owne, My true betrothed Loue, and now my wife?
That which is snatched away.
- Where now are all my hopes? O, never more. / Shall they revive! nor death her rapes restore.
Movement, as in snatching
Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.
To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.
- "They taught us nothing but how to cheat, curse and abuse. I never killed in cold blood even if I was known as one of the most fearless fighters. Yes, I abducted several children, I robbed and beat, but I never raped."
To seize by force. (Now often with sexual overtones.)
- Dr Ashok's eyes had a tendency to pop whenever he wanted to rape your attention.
- It is six years since my just action to reclaim the armaments raped from here by the Lairds of Dalgetty and Tolly […].
To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex
To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.
- Paridell rapeth Hellenore: Malbecco her pursewes: Findes emongst Satyres, whence with him To turne she doth refuse.
- A Princess rap’d transcends a Navy storm'd.
To plunder, to destroy or despoil.
- I raped your richest roadstead—I plundered Singapore!
- They come out here in their perky little foreign cars, fifty pounds of American copper in each one, and tell us we're earth-raping monsters.
- We've raped the land for power and possession / Two thousand years and all we'll have is a planetary toxic deathbed
To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience.
One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.
- It seems to me very clear that the rapes of Sussex were divisions already existing there when the Normans landed.
- There is little, if any, doubt that the division of Sussex into six rapes had been carried out before the Conquest, though the term is not mentioned in any Old English record.
- These four castles dominated the Sussex rapes named after them; the fifth rape, Bramber, held by William de Braose, was in existence by 1084.
To make haste
To make haste; to hasten or hurry.
Haste
Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.
Quickly
Quickly; hastily.
Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.
- After the Industrial Revolution, it was discovered that rape also yields oil suitable for lubrication.
The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.
A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar,…
A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.
Fruit plucked in a bunch.
- a rape of grapes
- rape of Cistus
A surname.
The neighborhood
- synonymabuse
- synonymconstuprate
- synonymdefile
- synonymdefoul
- synonymdishonour
- synonymforce
- synonymmisuse
- synonymoppress
- synonymoutrage
- synonympollute
- synonymrape
- synonymravage
- neighborattack
- neighborcopulate
- neighbordo evil
- neighbordate-rape
- neighborrerape
- neighborShawshank
Derived
acquaintance rape, antirape, ass rape, ass-rape, attempted rape, base rape, cyberrape, date rape, date-rape, divorce rape, ear rape, eyerape, eye-rape, firewood rape, gang rape, gang-rape, gate rape, gray rape, hypnorape, marital rape, mind rape, mouth rape, nonrape, prison rape, pseudorape, quasirape, rape alarm, rape ape, rape camp, rape card, rape culture, rapedoll, rape face, rapefest, rapefic, rapefugee, rape kit, rapeling, rapemeat, rape of Africa · +38 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at rape. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at rape. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at rape
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA