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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rape \Rape\, n. [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L.
     rapere. See Rap to snatch.]
     1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent
        seizure; robbery.
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              And ruined orphans of thy rapes complain. --Sandys.
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     2. (Law) Sexual connection with a woman without her consent.
        See Age of consent, under Consent, n.
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     3. That which is snatched away. [Obs.]
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              Where now are all my hopes? O, never more
              Shall they revive! nor death her rapes restore.
                                                    --Sandys.
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     4. Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry. [Obs.]
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     5. (Fig., Colloq.) An action causing results harmful to a
        person or thing; as, the rape of the land by mining
        companies.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rape \Rape\ (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.]
     1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. --Ray.
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     2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which
        the must has been expressed in wine making.
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     3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying
        and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.
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     Rape wine, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of
        pressed grapes.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rape \Rape\, v. t.
     1. To commit rape upon; to ravish.
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     2. (Fig., Colloq.) To perform an action causing results
        harmful or very unpleasant to a person or thing; as, women
        raped first by their assailants, and then by the Justice
        system. Corresponds to 2nd rape, n. 5.
        [PJC]
  
     To rape and ren. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rape \Rape\, v. i.
     To rob; to pillage. [Obs.] --Heywood.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rape \Rape\, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel.
     hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.]
     One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England,
     intermediate between a hundred and a shire.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. "ra`pys, "ra`fys,
     G. r["u]be.] (Bot.)
     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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     Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been
           variously named, but are all now believed to be derived
           from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some
           is not considered distinct from the wild stock
           ({Brassica oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole.
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     Broom rape. (Bot.) See Broom rape, in the Vocabulary.
  
     Rape cake, the refuse remaining after the oil has been
        expressed from the rape seed.
  
     Rape root. Same as Rape.
  
     Summer rape. (Bot.) See Colza.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cole \Cole\ (k[=o]l), n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L.
     caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk,
     cabbage, akin to Gr. kaylo`s. Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.]
     (Bot.)
     A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of
     Brassica oleracea called rape and coleseed.
     [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]


  rape vt. 1. To screw someone or something, violently; in particular,
     to destroy a program or information irrecoverably. Often used in
     describing file-system damage. "So-and-so was running a program that did
     absolute disk I/O and ended up raping the master directory." 2. To strip
     a piece of hardware for parts. 3. [CMU/Pitt] To mass-copy files from an
     anonymous ftp site. "Last night I raped Simtel's dskutl directory."

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rape \Rape\ (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.]
     1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. --Ray.
  
     2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which
        the must has been expressed in wine making.
  
     3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying
        and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.
  
     Rape wine, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of
        pressed grapes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rape \Rape\, n. [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L.
     rapere. See Rap to snatch.]
     1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent
        seizure; robbery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rape \Rape\, v. t.
     To commit rape upon; to ravish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rape \Rape\, v. i.
     To rob; to pillage. [Obs.] --Heywood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rape \Rape\, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel.
     hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.]
     One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England,
     intermediate between a hundred and a shire.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. ?, ?, G. r["u]be.]
     (Bot.)
     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.
  
     Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been
           variously named, but are all now believed to be derived
           from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some
           is not considered distinct from the wild stock ({B.
           oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole.
  
     Broom rape. (Bot.) See Broom rape, in the Vocabulary.
  
     Rape cake, the refuse remaining after the oil has been
        expressed from the seed.
  
     Rape root. Same as Rape.
  
     Summer rape. (Bot.) See Colza.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cole \Cole\, n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis,
     the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage,
     akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.] (Bot.)
     A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of
     B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  rape
       n 1: Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
            [syn: colza, Brassica napus]
       2: the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: rapine]
       3: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse
          against her will [syn: violation, assault, ravishment]
       v 1: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
            was raped on her way home at night" [syn: ravish, violate,
             assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage]
       2: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
          beautiful country" [syn: spoil, despoil, violate, plunder]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rape
     Αγγλικά n.
     ο βιασμός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rape
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl rapen  s pres sub)
     Guaraní n.
     ''dependent form of'' '''(l gn tape)'''
     Italian n.
     (plural of it rapa)
     Middle English n.
     haste; hurry
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     To (l en belch) or (l en burp).
     Spanish n.
     monkfish
     Spanish n.
     shaving, hair crop
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: rapar)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Rape
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  rape
     n.
     (lb en now rare) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
  (from early 14th c.)
     vb.
     (lb en transitive intransitive) To seize by force. (Now often with
  overtones of later senses.) (from late 14th c.)
     n.
     (lb en now historical) One of the six former administrative divisions
  of Sussex, England. (from 11th c.)
     adv.
     (lb en obsolete) quickly; hastily.  14th 19th c.)
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.  14th
  17th c.)
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete intransitive or reflexive) To make haste; to hasten
  or hurry.  14th 16th c.)
     n.
     (synonym of en rapeseed nodot=a), ''Brassica napus''. (late 14th c.)
     n.
     1 The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been
  expressed in winemaking.
     2 A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for
  clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Fruit plucked in a bunch.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Rape
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  rape
     Haitian Creole vb.
     to grate (ice)
     Haitian Creole vb.
     to snatch, seize, nab
     Italian n.
     (plural of it rapa)
     Middle English n.
     haste; hurry
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     To (l en belch) or (l en burp).
     Spanish n.
     monkfish
     Spanish n.
     shaving, hair crop
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: rapar)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Rape
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  rape
     Haitian Creole vb.
     to grate (ice)
     Haitian Creole vb.
     to snatch, seize, nab
     Italian n.
     (plural of it rapa)
     Middle English n.
     haste; hurry
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     To (l en belch) or (l en burp).
     Spanish n.
     monkfish
     Spanish n.
     shaving, hair crop
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: rapar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Rape
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rape
     Espanja n.
     merikrotti

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rape
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat=växtarter kat2=växter språk=en) raps, växtarten
  ''Brassica napus''
     2 (tagg juridik brottslighet språk=en) våldtäkt
     Engelska vb.
     våldta

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Rape /ɹˈeɪp/
  الإغتصاب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  rape //ɹeɪp// 
  1. изнаси́лване
  act of forcing sexual activity
  2. гроздово джибри
  grape husks

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  rape //ɹeɪp// 
  изнаси́лвам, изнаси́ля, наси́лвам
  force sexual intercourse