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to take care of a child or an animal until they are an adult It's hard to raise a family on such a low salary.

He was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee.

raise2 / reiz / noun [ count ]

an increase in the money you are paid for the work you do I'm going to ask my boss for a raise.

rai • sin / ' reizn/ noun [ count ]

a dried grape ( = a small green or purple fruit)

rake / reik / noun [ count ] rake

a tool with a long handle that you use for collecting leaves or for making the soil flat ^-rake verb ( rakes , rak ing , raked )

I spent Sunday afternoon raking the leaves.

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ral • ly / ' rreli / noun [ count ] ( plural ral • lies )

a meeting of people to show that they feel strongly about something a peace rally

RAM / rrem / noun [ noncount ]

( COMPUTERS ) the type of memory that allows a computer to work

2 gigabytes of RAM

ram / rrem / noun [ count ]

a male sheep

Ram • a • dan / ' ramadan / [ count, noncount ]

( RELIGION ) a month when Muslims do not eat or drink anything from early morning until the sun goes down in the evening

ramp / rsmp / noun [ count ] 1 a path that you use instead of steps to go up or down

pushed the wheelchair up the ramp.

a road that you use to join or leave a highway an entrance ramp

an exit ramp

ran form of run 1

ranch / rrentf / noun [ count ] ( plural ranch - es )

a very large farm where cows, horses, or sheep are kept

ranch • er / ' rrent/ar / noun [ count ]

a person who owns or manages a ranch a cattle rancher

ran • dom aw Ц / ' rrendam / adjective

done or chosen without any special plan or pattern We interviewed a random selection of students.

at random

without thinking or deciding before She chose a few books at random .

ran • dom • ly AWL| / ' rrendamli / adverb

The winning numbers are randomly selected by computer.

rang form of ring 2

range1AWL / reind3 / noun [ count ]

different things of the same kind

This website sells a range of sports equipment.

the amount between the highest and the lowest

The age range of the children is between eight and twelve. That car is outside my price range .

a line of mountains or hills

how far you can see, hear, shoot, travel, etc. The gun has a range of five miles.

range 2 AWL / reind3 / verb ( rang - es , rang - ing , ranged )

to be at different points between two things

The ages of the students in the class range from 18 to 50.

rank / гжцк / noun [ count ]

how important someone is in a group of people, for example in an army

General is one of the highest ranks in the army.

ran • som / ' rrensam / noun [ count ]

the money that you must pay so that a criminal will free a person that they have taken

The kidnappers have demanded a ransom of a million dollars.

rap / rrep / noun [ count, noncount ]

( MUSIC ) a type of modern music, in which singers speak the words of a song a rap song

Look at hip-hop .

rap verb ( raps , rap - ping , rapped )

to speak the words of a rap song

Look at rapper .

rape / reip / verb ( rapes , rap ing , raped )

to force someone to have sex when they do not want to

rapenoun [ count, noncount ] He was sent to prison for rape.

rap • id / ' rrepad / adjective

happening or moving very quickly

She made rapid progress and was soon the best in the class.

—ANTONYM slow ► rap • id • ly / ' rrepadli / adverb The snow rapidly disappeared.

rap • per / ' rrepar / noun [ count ]

( MUSIC ) a person who speaks the words of a rap

rare О / rer / adjective ( rar - er , rar - es )

If something is rare , you do not find or see it often Pandas are rare animals.

It's rare to see snow in Florida.

—ANTONYM common

Meat that is rare is not cooked for very long, so that the inside is still red.

Look at well-done .

rare . ly Ф / 'rerli / adverb

not very often

We rarely agree with each other.