rax

[ raks ]

verb (used without object)
  1. to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.

  2. to extend the hand.

verb (used with object)

Origin of rax

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English (north) rasken, raxen, Old English racsan, raxan; akin to Old English reccan, reccean “to stretch,” German recken

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British Dictionary definitions for rax

rax

/ (ræks) Scot /


verb
  1. (tr) to stretch or extend

  2. (intr) to reach out

  1. (tr) to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand; reach: rax me the salt

  2. (tr) to strain or sprain

noun
  1. the act of stretching or straining

Origin of rax

1
Old English raxan

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