English Explanatory Dictionary

raisin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dried grape.
verb
  1. Of fruit: to dry out; to become like raisins.
  2. To flavor (an alcoholic beverage) with fruit that has raisined.
  3. To add raisins to.
  4. To distribute throughout (with small bits or things), to dot or pepper.
  5. To shrivel.
  6. To crush or drain, so that all plumpness and vitality is gone.
  7. To cause to have wrinkles.
  8. To form wrinkles; to become wrinkled.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹeɪzən/ /ˈɹeɪzɪn/ en-us-raisin.ogg /ˈɹiːzən/

Word forms

raisin raisins raisining raisined

Etymology

From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Possibly a distant cognate of Persian رز (raz, “vine”). Doublet of raceme.

Derived words

craisin desert raisin golden raisin rabbit raisins raisinate raisin black raisin bran raisin bread raisined Raisinet Raisinette raisinish raisinless raisinlike raisin moth raisin tree raisin wine raisiny Asian don't raisin
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