rax

Meaning

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

Synonyms

elongate

stretch

Translations

tendre

étendre ses membres

s'étirer

tendere

stiracchiarsi

stirarsi

uitrekken

alargar

desperezarse

estirarse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹæks/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: raxen

Inherited from Old English: raxan

Cognate with Dutch: rekken

Cognate with German: recken

Cognate with Swedish: 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”).