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

Example Sentences

I'd tell her to read "Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We have to Offer" by Rax King.

From Salon

For example, here comes Rax King, in her ebullient book “Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer,” to make the late aughts seem like the most vivid, concrete and ecstatic moment to burst into adolescence since time out of mind.

From New York Times

Midway into her debut essay collection, “Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer,” Rax King takes up the subject of “Josie and the Pussycats.”

From Washington Post

Danny M. Lavery is joined by Rax King on this week’s episode of the Dear Prudence podcast.

From Slate

Police told the Austrian news agency APA on Saturday that the two people were part of a group who were in the Rax mountain range in Austria, near the town of Reichenau, when the avalanche hit in the afternoon.

From Seattle Times