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Quoting
- verb - cited as evidence
- name the price of; "quote prices for cars"
- put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"
- refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
- repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
Racking
- verb - causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain"
- draw off from the lees; "rack wine"
- fly in high wind
- go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"
- obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
- put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"
- run before a gale
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"
- torment emotionally or mentally
- torture on the rack
- work on a rack; "rack leather"
Rafting
- verb - make into a raft; "raft these logs"
- transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river"
- travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River"
Ragging
- verb - break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
- censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
- harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
- play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"
- treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
Raiding
- verb - characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"
- enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
- search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
- search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
- take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
Railing
- verb - a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- complain bitterly
- convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
- criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
- enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"
- lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
- material for making rails or rails collectively
- provide with rails; "The yard was railed"
- separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
- spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
- travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
Raining
- verb - falling in drops or as if falling like rain; "watched the raining apple blossoms"
- precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
Raising
- verb - activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny"
- bet more than the previous player
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"
- bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"
- cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
- cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
- collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college"
- construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
- create a disturbance, especially b
Ramming
- verb - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
- undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
Ramping
- verb - be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction"
- behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
- creep up -- used especially of plants; "The roses ramped over the wall"
- furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium"
- stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing