rax

Meanings

Verb

• To stretch; stretch out.
• To reach out; reach or attain to.
• To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
• To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something
• To stretch after sleep.

Noun

• barracks

Origin

• From Middle English raxen, rasken, from Old English raxan, racsan, probably alteration, with formative s, of Old English rǣċan, ræċċan, reċċan, from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ-. Related to Dutch rekken, German recken, Swedish räcka.
• Shortening of barracks.