rax

Значение (Английский)

Verb

1. To stretch; stretch out.
2. To reach out; reach or attain to.
3. To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
4. To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something
5. To stretch after sleep.

Noun

barracks

Синонимы

elongate

stretch

Произносится как (IPA)

/ɹæks/

Этимология (Английский)

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”).