RAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rage mean? 

• RAGE (noun)
  The noun RAGE has 5 senses:

1. a feeling of intense anger

2. a state of extreme anger

3. something that is desired intensely

4. violent state of the elements

5. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal

  Familiarity information: RAGE used as a noun is common.

• RAGE (verb)
  The verb RAGE has 3 senses:

1. behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

2. be violent; as of fires and storms

3. feel intense anger

  Familiarity information: RAGE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of intense anger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

fury; madness; rage

Context example:

his face turned red with rage

Hypernyms ("rage" is a kind of...):

anger; choler; ire (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rage"):

wrath (intense anger (usually on an epic scale))

lividity (a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored)

Derivation:

rage (feel intense anger)

rage (behave violently, as if in state of a great anger)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state of extreme anger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

she fell into a rage and refused to answer

Hypernyms ("rage" is a kind of...):

anger; angriness (the state of being angry)

Derivation:

rage (feel intense anger)

rage (behave violently, as if in state of a great anger)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Something that is desired intensely

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

passion; rage

Context example:

his rage for fame destroyed him

Hypernyms ("rage" is a kind of...):

desire (something that is desired)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Violent state of the elements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks

Hypernyms ("rage" is a kind of...):

violence (a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.)

Derivation:

rage (be violent; as of fires and storms)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An interest followed with exaggerated zeal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

craze; cult; fad; furor; furore; rage

Context example:

it was all the rage that season

Hypernyms ("rage" is a kind of...):

fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)

• RAGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rage    ... he / she / it rages   
Past simple: raged   
Past participle: raged   
-ing form: raging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

rage; ramp; storm

Hypernyms (to "rage" is one way to...):

act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue rage

Derivation:

rage (a feeling of intense anger)

rage (a state of extreme anger)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be violent; as of fires and storms

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "rage" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

rage (violent state of the elements)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Feel intense anger

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

Rage against the dying of the light!

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rage"):

blow a fuse; blow one's stack; blow up; combust; flip one's lid; flip one's wig; fly off the handle; go ballistic; have a fit; have kittens; hit the ceiling; hit the roof; lose one's temper; throw a fit (get very angry and fly into a rage)

foam at the mouth; froth at the mouth (be in a state of uncontrolled anger)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue rage over the results of the experiment

Derivation:

rage (a feeling of intense anger)

rage (a state of extreme anger)

 Context examples 

I trembled with rage and horror, resolving to wait his approach and then close with him in mortal combat.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

White Fang was in a rage, wickedly making his attack on the most vulnerable spot.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

When she heard this she started with rage; but her envy and curiosity were so great, that she could not help setting out to see the bride.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“You may think what you like,” said I, still in a towering rage.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

When the Wicked Witch looked out again and saw all her crows lying in a heap, she got into a terrible rage, and blew three times upon her silver whistle.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Buck was raging. He broke into a run, the team following his lead.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“Because he is the devil, as I told you before,” was Leach’s answer; and thereat he was on his feet and raging his disappointment with tears in his eyes.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

She recoiled from it, and, with a suddenly distorted face, full of rage, dashed past him as if to enter the tomb.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He was in a blind fury, a Berserker rage.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Thursday, Joe was in a rage.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)