Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A promontory; cape; peak: a term prefixed to the names of promontories or capes on the Arabian and African coasts, etc.
- noun In Abyssinia, the title of the vizir or chief minister, and also of generals and governors.
- noun A smooth material of wool, and also of silk: a French term used in English, especially in certain combinations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See 2d
reis .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
Ethiopian king or prince.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the summer months, mango reigns supreme, and the bright orange aromatic "ras" is served at most meals in a little bowl, to be scooped up with some hot rotis, or for festive occasions, with a hot puffy fried puri.
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Ras in Marathi means "juice" and aamras, simply called ras is the thick pulp of the mango.
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A 19-year-old gangbanger named Gil Porras is beaten to death by rival gang members in East L.A. Police arrest one man for the murder, Jos
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It was a powerful, unexpected convergence: all three labs had isolated the same fragment of DNA, containing a gene called ras, from their respective cancer cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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It was a powerful, unexpected convergence: all three labs had isolated the same fragment of DNA, containing a gene called ras, from their respective cancer cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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It was a powerful, unexpected convergence: all three labs had isolated the same fragment of DNA, containing a gene called ras, from their respective cancer cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Lawyers for Mr Bhamra's widow, Amarjit, argued that Lucky Caterers were negligent for supplying a dish called ras malai which allegedly contained the egg.
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Lawyers for Mr Bhamra's widow, Amarjit, argued that Lucky Caterers were negligent for supplying a dish called ras malai which allegedly contained the egg.
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Lawyers for Mr Bhamra's widow, Amarjit, argued that Lucky Caterers were negligent for supplying a dish called ras malai which allegedly contained the egg.
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From "ras" or juice comes another word, rassa or juicy curry, and the egg rassa is an example of this popular Marathi curry.
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