What part of speech is raid?

Raid can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. raid is a verb, present, 1st person singular of raid (infinitive).
  • 2. raid is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. raid is a noun, singular of raids.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does raid mean?

Definitions

Verb

raid - take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
raid - search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
raid - search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
raid - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"

Noun

raid - an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
raid - a sudden short attack

Examples of raid

#   Sentence  
1. verb Do you raid a mosque, which serves as a terrorist ammunition storage?
2. verb Do you raid terrorist headquarters, hidden in a mental hospital?
3. noun The bandits made a raid on the village.
4. noun They shot down two enemy planes during the raid.
5. noun Some said his raid was an act of war.
6. noun Hardware RAID is not managed directly by the operating system but by a dedicated card, called a RAID controller.
7. noun Our army staged a night raid against the enemy.
8. noun Bad weather hindered the air raid.
9. noun The air raid was demoralizing for the enemy.
10. noun A pre-dawn raid has netted a large stash of illegal steroids and several bags of cash.
11. noun Why did the FBI raid Tom's house?
12. noun Tom's number plates were stolen and used in a ram raid.
13. noun Tom was killed in the raid.
14. noun The raid was successful.
15. noun Nor stays his conquering raid / till seven huge bodies on the ground lie slain, / the number of his vessels; then again / he seeks the crews, and gives a deer to each.
16. noun There was a drug raid on my house this morning.
17. noun Our last air raid completely destroyed the enemy's already-crippled air defences.
Sentence  
verb
Do you raid a mosque, which serves as a terrorist ammunition storage?
Do you raid terrorist headquarters, hidden in a mental hospital?
noun
The bandits made a raid on the village.
They shot down two enemy planes during the raid.
Some said his raid was an act of war.
Hardware RAID is not managed directly by the operating system but by a dedicated card, called a RAID controller.
Our army staged a night raid against the enemy.
Bad weather hindered the air raid.
The air raid was demoralizing for the enemy.
A pre-dawn raid has netted a large stash of illegal steroids and several bags of cash.
Why did the FBI raid Tom's house?
Tom's number plates were stolen and used in a ram raid.
Tom was killed in the raid.
The raid was successful.
Nor stays his conquering raid / till seven huge bodies on the ground lie slain, / the number of his vessels; then again / he seeks the crews, and gives a deer to each.
There was a drug raid on my house this morning.
Our last air raid completely destroyed the enemy's already-crippled air defences.

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