rax

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To stretch; stretch out.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To reach out; reach or attain to.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
4. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something
5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To stretch after sleep.

Noun

barracks

Sinonieme

elongate

stretch

Vertalings

tendre

étendre ses membres

s'étirer

tendere

stiracchiarsi

stirarsi

uitrekken

alargar

desperezarse

estirarse

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹæks/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: raxen

Geërf van Old English: raxan

Verwante met Nederlands: rekken

Verwante met Duits: recken

Verwante met Sweeds: räcka

In summary

From Middle English raxen, rasken (“to stretch oneself”), from Old English raxan, racsan (“to stretch oneself after sleep”), probably alteration, with formative s, of Old English rǣċan, ræċċan, reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to make straight”). Related to Dutch rekken (“to stretch”), German recken (“to stretch”), Swedish räcka (“to suffice, reach, pass, last”).