Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crase

/kɹˈeɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: crase
IPA: /kɹˈeɪz/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Early Modern spelling of craze (“break into pieces, crack”).

name

Example Sentences

"[…] verily it behoueth them ouer whome wee haue rule, not to runne about, neither by their craftie & deceitful rashnes to crase the concord of Byshops agreeing togither […]"
"Imprimis, The Imperiall Crowne of this Realme of Goulde, the Border garnished with seaven Ballaces, eight Saphiers, five pointed Diamonds, twenty Rubies two of them being crased, nineteen Pearls […]"
"[…] had Maister Can had either any shame in his forehead, or wit in his head-piece, he would never have adventured in so shamefull, or shameles rather, a manner, to vent so evident an untrueth, against his owne eye-sight and the open view of all men, and thereby to crase & crack, yea to wrack, not his conscience only, but his credite too."

Inflected Forms

crases (present, singular) crasing (participle, present) crased (participle, past) crased (past) Crases (plural)

Homonyms

crays

Rhymes With

days ways plays raise phase praise phrase pays stays essays displays rays

Questions

How do you pronounce crase?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɹˈeɪz/.
What does crase mean?: Early Modern spelling of craze (“break into pieces, crack”).

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