rax

[ raks ]

verb (used without object)

1. to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.
2. to extend the hand.

verb (used with object)

1. to elongate; stretch.

rax

/ 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

noun

1. the act of stretching or straining

Word History and Origins

Origin of rax¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English (north) rasken, raxen, Old English racsan, raxan; akin to Old English reccan, reccean “to stretch,” German recken

Word History and Origins

Origin of rax¹

Old English raxan

Example Sentences

Herr Habl had ascended the Rax on previous occasions, and twice before by the Wolfsthal.

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They are so arranged as to form, with the soft parts attached to them, two cavities, called the Tho´rax (chest) and Ab-do´men.

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He gied the lad Horace a rax forrit by all accounts; but he never gied him proofs like yon.

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

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Her Grace turned to him and said, "Rax me a spaul o' that bubbly jock."

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