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

Ceph' al o-tho' rax, the division of the body formed by the fused head and thorax in many arthropoda.

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

The creeshie rax wi' skelpin' kaes Nae mair the howdie bicker whangs, Nor weanies in their wee bit claes Glour light as lammies wi' their sangs.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

Is this young Wat Scott? an' wad ye rax his craig, When our daughter is fey for a man?

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

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

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas

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