Meaning of rape | Babel Free
ɹeɪpDefinitions
- A surname.
- 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
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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. countable, uncountable
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One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England. historical
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Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course. obsolete
- Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.
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The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking. countable, uncountable
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Either of two European plants (Brassica napus or B. rapa) of the mustard family, cultivated as fodder and for their seeds, which yield a valuable oil. Certain varieties of these plants yield canola oil. Also called colza, oilseed rape. (Brassica napus
- An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary. Overpowerment; utter defeat. (Can we clean up this sense?) An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards
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An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary. countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable
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Overpowerment; utter defeat. countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable
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A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc. countable, uncountable
- The refuse of grapes left after the extraction of the juice in winemaking.
- Overpowerment; utter defeat
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An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards. countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable
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Fruit plucked in a bunch. countable, obsolete, uncountable
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a plant, Brassica napus, of the mustard family, whose leaves are used as fodder, and whose seeds yield rape oil. Brassica napus,
- (Can we clean up this sense?) An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards
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The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder. archaic, countable, uncountable
- the residue of grapes, after the juice has been extracted, used as a filter in making vinegar.
- The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder
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The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes. archaic, countable, uncountable
- a man who rapes a woman. verkragter مُغْتَصِب изнасилвач estuprador násilník der Vergewaltiger voldtægtsforbryder βιαστήςviolador vägistaja متجاوز جنسی raiskaaja violeurאנס बलात्कारी, बलात्कार करने वाला silovatelj nemi erőszakot elkövető pemerkosa nauðgari violentatore, stupratore 強姦者 강간자 prievartautojas izvarotājs perogol verkrachtenvoldtektsforbrytergwałciciel زناکار violador violator насильник násilník posiljevalec silovatelj våldtäktsman ผู้ข่มขืนกระทำชำเรา ırza geçen kimse 強姦犯 ґвалтівни...
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That which is snatched away. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- The crime of using force or the threat of force to compel a person to submit to sexual intercourse.
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Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- The act of seizing and carrying off by force; abduction: the rape of Europa by Zeus.
- The act of pillaging or plundering: the rape of the city by the invaders.
- Abusive or improper treatment; spoiling or abuse: the rape of the land by polluters.
- To use force or threat of force to compel (another person) to submit to sexual intercourse or other sexual penetration.
Equivalents
বাংলা
ধর্ষণ
Català
violació
Eesti
vägistama
Gàidhlig
èignich
Galego
rousar
ქართული
გაუპატიურება
Lëtzebuergesch
violéieren
Lietuvių
išprievartavimas
മലയാളം
ബലാത്സംഗം
Монгол
хүчиндэх
Bahasa Melayu
rogol
Malti
stupru
မြန်မာဘာသာ
မုဒိမ်း
Slovenščina
posilstvo
Kiswahili
ubakaji
తెలుగు
మానభంగం
اردو
زِیَادَتی
Examples
“I fled; but he pursued (though more, it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage), and, swifter far, Me overtook, his mother, all dismayed, And, in embraces forcible and foul Engendering with me, of that rape begot These yelling monsters […]”
“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; […]”
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:rape.”
“The ear rape of that concert was so bad I can't even listen to their songs at work anymore.”
“the Rape of Nanjing”
“Ruin'd orphans of thy rapes complain.”
“Ellery Queen deals entirely in murders; you are not fobbed off, as you are with Mr. Leslie Charteris's Saint, with pablum about the rape of the dowager's emeralds, or the theft of the blueprint of the newest submarine.”
“She worked under the great tapestry with its glowing but subdued tones—huntsmen with lofted horns had been running down a female stag. After the rape, leaving the grooms to bring the trophy home, they galloped away into the soft brumous Italian skyline; […]”
“Few of the Teleri were willing to go forth to war, for they remembered the slaying at the Swanhaven, and the rape of their ships.”
“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?”
“The tale of the rape of Lucretia, for example, is hardly tellable - as many Roman writers themselves discovered - without raising the question of where seduction ends and rape begins; the rape of the Sabines puts a similar question mark over the distinction between rape and marriage.”
“Where now are all my hopes? O, never more. / Shall they revive! nor death her rapes restore.”
“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.”
“After the Industrial Revolution, it was discovered that rape also yields oil suitable for lubrication.”
“a rape of grapes”
“rape of Cistus”
“With regard to this obligation, the Council, on 26 October 1971[,] also arranged for certain producers to be totally or partially exempted from it, either because their wine production is very low (less than 50 hectolitres in one marketing year), or because they deliver their rapes of grapes to oenological merchants, or because they make quality wines […]”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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