raxes

Verb

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

1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To stretch; stretch out.
   • Shoeless, he stood naked on his toes, his arms raxed upwards.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
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.
   • Please rax me the pitcher.
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.

See all 6 meanings of rax