rax

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/ɹæks/

verb

To stretch; stretch out.

“Please rax me the pitcher.”

OriginMiddle English raxen ← Old English raxan ← Proto-Germanic *rakjaną →
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Meanings

rax1

verbrax (third-person singular simple present raxes, present participle raxing, simple past and past participle raxed)

present singular third person raxes · participle present raxing · participle past raxed · past raxed

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitiveTo stretch; stretch out.

    Shoeless, he stood naked on his toes, his arms raxed upwards.

    1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
  2. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitiveTo reach out; reach or attain to.
  3. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitiveTo extend the hand to; hand or pass something.

    Please rax me the pitcher.

    1 more example

    Wha the mischief set him on reading me? I'm sure he could never read onything in a dacent-like way since he was cleckit—rax me the Queen, and I'll let you hear a bit that will gar your hearts dinnle again—rax me the Queen, I say.

    1825, John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart, “Noctes Ambrosianæ No. XVIII”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 17
  4. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectalintransitiveTo perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something
  5. ScotlandUKdialectalintransitiveTo stretch after sleep.

rax2

nounrax (plural rax or raxes)

plural raxes

  1. slangvideo gamesbarracks

    Eventually they just broke our base and took out every single one of our raxes.

    2014 March 19, 44:28, in Free to Play (Film), Clinton "Fear" Loomis (actor)

Origin

rax · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*reǵ-“to make straight”
  2. Proto-Germanic*rakjaną“to stretch”
  3. Old Englishrǣċan
  4. Old Englishraxan
  5. Middle Englishraxen
  6. Englishrax

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”).

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rax · noun

Shortening of barracks.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 伸展
  • 伸展 (shēnzhǎn)to stretch after sleep
Dutch uitrekken
  • uitrekkento stretch after sleep
Finnish ojentaa, ojentaa
  • ojentaato stretch, stretch out
  • ojentaato hand or pass something
  • antaato hand or pass something
  • kurkottaato reach for or try to obtain something
  • venytelläto stretch after sleep
French tendre, s'étirer
  • tendreto hand or pass something
  • s'étirerto stretch after sleep
  • étendre ses membresto stretch after sleep
German sich recken
  • sich reckento stretch after sleep
Italian tendere, stirarsi
  • tendereto hand or pass something
  • stirarsito stretch after sleep
  • stiracchiarsito stretch after sleep
Japanese 伸ばす
  • 伸ばす (nobasu)to stretch after sleep
Russian потя́гиваться, потяну́ться
  • потя́гиваться (potjágivatʹsja)to stretch after sleep
  • потяну́ться (potjanútʹsja)to stretch after sleep
Spanish alargar, estirarse
  • alargarto hand or pass something
  • estirarseto stretch after sleep
  • desperezarseto stretch after sleep

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rax

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APA

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Chicago

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