rash

B2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈræʃ/ UK /ɹæʃ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like lash /l/ vs /r/

Freq #6026

Meanings

1

noun
An area of red, irritated spots on the skin.

He came out in a rash because of an allergy.
2

adj
Acting too quickly without thinking about the consequences.

I'm so angry that I might do something rash.
3

noun
A sudden series of unpleasant events happening close together.

There has been a rash of burglaries in the area lately.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · acting too quickly without... hasty impulsive reckless

3 noun · a sudden series of... spate

Word family

Forms rasherrashesrashest

Derived forms gum-rashoverrashrashfulrashguardrashierashlessrashlikerashlingrashly rashnessrashyunrash

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Phrases (2)

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diaper rash
irritated skin in the area covered by a baby's diaper

Noun + noun
nettle rash
an itchy rash of raised patches, also called hives

Noun + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Be not rash with thy mouth

Etymology

Probably a variant of race, raze (“to demolish; to destroy, obliterate; to scrape as if with a razor”), possibly modelled after rash (etymology 5 or etymology 6). Raze is derived from Middle English rasen, racen, rase (“to scrape; to shave; to erase; to pull; to strip off; to pluck or tear out; to root out (a tree, etc.); to pull away, snatch; to pull down; to knock down; to rend, tear apart; to pick clean, strip; to cleave, slice; to sever; to lacerate; to pierce; to carve, engrave; to dig; (figuratively) to expunge, obliterate; to alter”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman raser, rasere, r…

rasen Middle English raser Old French *raso la-vul rāsus Latin

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Topics

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# rash

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈræʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹæʃ/
**Frequency rank:** 6026

## Meanings
1. An area of red, irritated spots on the skin.
2. Acting too quickly without thinking about the consequences.
3. A sudden series of unpleasant events happening close together.

## Examples
- He came out in a rash because of an allergy.
- I'm so angry that I might do something rash.
- There has been a rash of burglaries in the area lately.

## Derived Forms
- gum-rash
- overrash
- rashful
- rashguard
- rashie
- rashless
- rashlike
- rashling
- rashly
- rashness
- rashy
- unrash

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rasen
- Root: raser
- Root: *raso
- Root: rāsus

## Etymology
Probably a variant of race, raze (“to demolish; to destroy, obliterate; to scrape as if with a razor”), possibly modelled after rash (etymology 5 or etymology 6). Raze is derived from Middle English rasen, racen, rase (“to scrape; to shave; to erase; to pull; to strip off; to pluck or tear out; to root out (a tree, etc.); to pull away, snatch; to pull down; to knock down; to rend, tear apart; to pick clean, strip; to cleave, slice; to sever; to lacerate; to pierce; to carve, engrave; to dig; (figuratively) to expunge, obliterate; to alter”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman raser, rasere, r…

## AI Etymology
Rash probably a variant of race, raze (“to demolish; to destroy, obliterate; to scrape as if with a razor”), possibly modelled after rash (etymology 5 or etymology 6). Raze is derived from Middle English rasen, racen, rase (“to scrape; to shave; to erase; to pull; to strip off; to pluck or tear out; to root out (a tree, etc. Modern senses include an area of red, irritated spots on the skin. and acting too quickly without thinking about the consequences.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as gum-rash, overrash, rashful, rashguard, rashie, and rashless.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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