rax

American  

[raks] / ræks /

verb (used without object)

1. to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.

2. to extend the hand.

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verb (used with object)

1. to elongate; stretch.

rax British  

/ ræks /

verb

1. (tr) to stretch or extend

2. (intr) to reach out

3. (tr) to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand; reach

   rax me the salt

4. (tr) to strain or sprain

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noun

1. the act of stretching or straining

Etymology

Origin of rax

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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Example Sentences

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rax

We’ve worn to crazy years thegither; We’ll toyte about wi’ ane anither; Wi’ tentie care I’ll flit thy tether, To some hain’d rig, Whare ye may nobly rax your leather, Wi’ sma’ fatigue.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

Pro tho' rax, the most anterior division of the thorax.

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas

Tho' rax, the region of the body between the head and abdomen.

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas

Mes o tho' rax, the middle division of the thorax.

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas

Tak' care an' nae rax yersel' ower sair, Mr. Sutherlan'.

From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

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