raisin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a grape that has been dried, either naturally or by controlled processing

   She stirred raisins and chopped nuts into the oatmeal.

2. 2
   verb

   of fruit, especially grapes, to dry and shrivel or to be made raisin-like

   During the hot, dry spell, some grapes began to raisin on the vine.

From Middle English raysyn, borrowed through Anglo-Norman and Old French raisin ("grape, raisin") from Latin racemus ("cluster or bunch of grapes"). Modern French raisin still means "grape"; English raceme is an etymological doublet.

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