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raxing

raxing is the present participle and gerund of rax.

Meaning of rax

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.

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Questions about raxing

What is raxing the present participle and gerund of?
Raxing is the present participle and gerund of rax.

Words near raxing in the dictionary

  1. rax
  2. Raxaul
  3. raxed
  4. raxes
  5. raxibacumab
  6. raxing
  7. raxle
  8. raxofelast
  9. ray
  10. ray casting
  11. Ray County

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