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retch

verb (retch, retches, retched, retching)

«retch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To retch is to strain the throat and stomach as if about to be sick, without being sick. tree →
(dialect, old use) To retch is to reach or stretch out a hand or arm. tree →

In the lessons

in dialect tales «retch» means reach; in ordinary use it means to heave as if about to vomit

Examples

He began to retch and gag at the bad smell. tree →
"You speck to retch there safe and sound?" (= reach) tree →
He retched out his hand to shake hands. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «retch» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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